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Anna Sui on the Psychedelic Art That Rocked Her World

On Gary Grimshaw's vivid, kaleidoscopic rock posters.

Anna Sui. Photo courtesy of Huy Luong.

by Anna Sui Oct 27, 2026

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To step into “ The World of Anna Sui ” at Detroit’s Cranbrook Art Museum is to enter the fashion designer’s wild, romantic imagination. The show revisits the radiant designs on which she made her name in the 1990s, and unpacks the music, books, and art that have shaped her aesthetic. Also featured here is Sui’s collection of 1960s and ‘70s posters advertising bands playing at Grande Ballroom , an iconic music venue in Detroit, where she was born and raised. More than ephemeral objects, they’re “treasures” that capture a time and place, she said, whose psychedelic swirls and vivid hues have left their mark on her.…