Anna Sui breathes new life into prairie style for her spring 2011 collection
By Lisa Orkin Emmanuel (CP) – 8 hours ago NEW YORK, N.Y. — Anna Sui breathed new life into an old concept: "Little House on the Prairie." Sui's Wednesday fashion show for her spring 2011 collection, during the seventh day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, was inspired by the American heartland and its landscape — in keeping with a Western theme that often pops up in her collections. To make this point, Sui had the runway backdrop created to look like a wheat field with a little house in the background. It was all light and sweet and there was a feeling of fun in the air. "This spring I was inspired by Joni Mitchell, Thomas Eakins, Little House on the Prairie, Neil Young, Andrew Wyeth, Holly Hobbie, Ladies of the Canyon, Winslow Homer ... the poetry and romanticism of the American prairie," she said in notes. The colours reflected that with indigo, lilac, slate, ash, blue and light beigy tones. There was also a bonanza of vintage prints including patch...