Anna Sui Is Barbie’s Latest Inspiring Women Doll
The first models to ever wear original Anna Sui designs were Barbie dolls. As a child, young Sui would fashion doll-sized outfits out of her mom’s sewing scraps. “My friends had more Barbie outfits than I did, so I started making outfits for [the dolls],” the designer says. “It gave me a sense of, ‘Oh,…