The Chelsea Hotel reopened in 2022 after a years-long refurbishment and its history of being an artists’ enclave and creative hub is not lost on Anna Sui.

“It’s an iconic place and I wanted to celebrate New York again,” she said at a preview.

She chose the location because it reminded her of her spring inspiration of the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, another creative hub for D.H. Lawrence, the English author of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” who entered self-imposed exile in 1919. “It was a literary colony for writers, artists and special people,” she said, including Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe and Millicent Rogers.

Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress and fashion plate, would look smashing in any of the bohemian boudoir looks Sui showed. There were pinafore dresses, slips with cascading ruffle

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