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" Designer pricing should hurt, but it shouldn't kill you. You wince when you hand over your AmEx, but once you get it home, you never regret it. You divide it by how many days you're using it, and suddenly it becomes affordable. "

Michael Bastian

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" I feel like everyone should buy less but buy better. "

Michael Bastian

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Feel

" I have a very wonderful bath ritual. "

" People talk to me about celebrities all the time and which ones do I admire, and it's so hard because you can't tell who's doing it for themselves and who hired a stylist. "

" Swedish winters are not for the faint of heart. "

" I've always had this idea that I would love to do a Boston-inspired collection, whether it's for my own line or whether it's for Gant. "

" I still don't think I'm a fashion guy. I think I'm a clothes guy. I'm a little obsessive. "

" My goal is to elevate the whole casual end of the guy's wardrobe. "

" All it takes is for one person to say, 'Wow, that looks great on you' - and then they wear it for the next 10 years. That's the great thing about guys. They just need that little bit of encouragement. "

" I'm a designer with a little 'd' as opposed to a big 'd.' It's a job; I'm more about contributing to a man's wardrobe, offering the things that I look for myself. "

" I know how to cane chairs - how's that for a useless skill? My mom once took a course and taught me how to do it when I was stuck at home sick with the flu. Now I'm all set if I ever decide to drop out of fashion and join an Amish community. "

" My big mission in life is to get guys out of those big, baggy board shorts down to their knees. It always looks like they're trying to hide something, like skinny legs. "

" I prefer simpler shirts, like a solid oxford or pinstripe, and with a solid cashmere crewneck or V-neck. "

" You get to a certain age, and you learn what looks good on you. "

" A cheap suit is a cheap suit; there's nothing you can do about it. "

" Great ideas are very much 'of the moment,' and endlessly mulling them over just takes up too much of your brain space and might block your next great idea. Act on it, give it away, or move on. "

" I like the idea that we settle into what looks best on us. Then it becomes a game of finding the perfect version of those things. "

Michael Bastian

Finding

Settle

" I don't know if I would use that word, 'trailblazer.' That implies that this huge crowd followed me, and that certainly is not the case! "

Michael Bastian

Use

Know

" If everything is a little baggy, then everything will look sloppy when you layer one piece on top of another. Your sport coat should easily fit over a shirt and a fine-gauge sweater. "

" Menswear remains steady. It's a difference of a pleat versus flat-front pant or two buttons versus three in the jacket. "

" I'm actually really obsessed with folk art. "

" What I know of Hawaii is from watching the 'Brady Bunch' shows from the seventies. "

" I stay in a lot of hotels, and the best part of travel is getting back to my own bed. "

" With tailored clothing, you can really see where the money went. How it's constructed, how it fits your body - this becomes very apparent in tailored clothing. "

" I feel like design school might ruin people, particularly if you're a menswear designer, as there's not much focus on business. "

" The hardest thing in the world to do is to take something everyone already knows and make it a little better. "

" I'm a big fan of TV on demand. I'm embarrassed to say what I watch. It's the worst crap. "

" Women are more open to trying on a new personality every season; they can go from goth to bombshell to librarian, whatever. "

" A shirt's not just a shirt. It's the experience of what goes into that shirt. "

" I love doing these little collaborations. We collaborate with Stubbs & Wooton on the shoes for Michael Bastian. "

" Honestly, I'm not so much of a tech guy. "