Finishing touches

Each year, Sui designs two new collections for the spring-summer and autumn-winter seasons. He also creates two mini-capsule collections in between.

For the past decade, he has been designing millinery for fashion magazines such as Vogue, Bazaar, Elle, and Marie Claire. Dozens of celebrities, including actresses Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei and Zhang Xinyi have worn his headwear.

Actress Zhang Tianai, wearing Sui's feather headwear on this year's Spring Festival gala, wowed the audience with a "fairy" look. Sui took two months to finish that piece.

Some of his hats have been collected by Nanjing University of the Arts in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

One of Sui's signature works is the headwear for renowned Chinese dancer Yang Liping for her dance drama Peacock of Winter.

Sui and his team spent 15 days in Kunming, Yunnan province, observing Yang and her team perform rehearsals for the dance show.