Welcome to the cut presents in her shoes. I'm Lindsay Peoples editor in chief of the cut.

For the next few weeks I'll be taking over this feed and talking to women we at the cut love and

admire or just find interesting. We'll explore how they found their path, what got in their way,

and how they think about bringing others along now that they've arrived.

Today I'm absolutely thrilled to be spending time with the legendary designer Anna Sweet,

an artist who has been a bastion of the fashion industry since launching her ready-to-wear

label in 1981. I got to peek behind the curtain of her creative process,

delve into her rich encyclopedic knowledge of fashion, and discuss what it takes to build a

career with such an astounding lifespan. We also talked about the wild ride that was 70s in

New York and celebrated how the city is still so inspiring to her today.

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Hi, Anna. Thank you again for doing this. I really appreciate it.

Of course I'm so excited.

So let's go back to early years. What designers or models did you

analyze growing up and what really drove you to become a designer and move to New York and

all of those things? Yeah. Well, I mean, I came to New York when I was about four and

I was the flower girl at my aunt and uncle's wedding. So when I got back to Michigan,

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