Fashion Week dispatch: Anna Sui

Anna Sui was recently honored with the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award and has proven to be still relevant with a "Gossip Girl" inspired collection for Target. While Sui maintains her '60s rock vibe from season to season, her spring collection also had a Big Top motif, the circus scenes in "Doctor Dolittle,"  which Sui herself dubbed "very Sixties Victorian." This included ringmaster hats and jackets, a fun twist on menswear, Liberty patterns in a classic Anna Sui palette (oranges, blues and purples).

We saw several outfits on the runway that seemed straight-up "Gossip Girl" inspired. "Every girl wants to have handbags and heels and wants to look like Blair and Serena and why not?" explained Sui. "I analyzed each character and realized they are all a part of what I already do. There's the rock chick who wants to be a designer, the girly-girl, Serena, who is sophisticated and sexy, and the Williamsburg girl who's into vintage. These are all elements of my collections."

Take a look at the Anna Sui Spring 2010 show and these other Fashion Week collections behind the scenes:

BCBG
Twinkle
Jason Wu
Cynthia Rowley
Herve Leger
Rachel Roy
Erin Fetherston
Chris Benz
Malandrino
Max Azria
Baby Phat

I hope you've enjoyed following me backstage at Fashion Week, and as always, you can keep up with the latest goings on via my Twitter @joanna_douglas