Anna Sui won a CFDA lifetime achievement award - fashion's Oscar - this year for her youthful women's wear, which she sells through her own boutique and stores like Bloomingdale's. She also designs a less expensive (but still well-made) line for the chain Anthropologie, which includes this mosaic print dress ($228,
anthropologie.com).
By Nandini D'Souza with Jennifer Everett and Rik Fairlie
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