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" Everyone looks better and more alive in a pink shirt. "
Michael Bastian
Pink
Looks
Everyone
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" Most guys open their closet and tend to wear about 10% of what they own - and they wear that 10% over and over again. So the trick is to be honest with yourself and figure out what that 10% is. "
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Open
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Yourself
" When you think mid-seventies, you think of Studio 54, but there was a whole other thing going on. Where I was, it was more deep-woods preppy. Real-guy preppy. "
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Going
Think
Where
" My goal is to elevate the whole casual end of the guy's wardrobe. "
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End
Casual
Whole
" Men and women shop very differently, and where women are open to edgy, conceptual looks, very, very few men are. "
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Women
Looks
" I once had this idea that I wanted to make the perfect boxer short that's not too long, not too short, with pearl buttons, made from real shirting fabric. They were coming in at $215. Well, not even the richest guy in the world is going to pay more than $125 for his underwear. "
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Real
Perfect
Long
" I stay in a lot of hotels, and the best part of travel is getting back to my own bed. "
Michael Bastian
Bed
Best
Back
" I'm a big believer in small, dark, cozy bedrooms. I would describe myself as introspective - I feel things first, and then I think them through - and I need the enveloping comfort of a little squirrel's nest when I have to retreat from the world to recharge. "
Michael Bastian
Dark
Myself
Small
" A cheap suit is a cheap suit; there's nothing you can do about it. "
Michael Bastian
You
About
Cheap
" I get my best ideas in that state of suspended consciousness just before sleep. "
Michael Bastian
Sleep
Best
Consciousness
" You can have a real ongoing dialogue through social media that wasn't possible before. "
Michael Bastian
Real
Media
Possible
" I'm always much more inspired by random people on the street. I live down by NYU and The New School, and I'd almost say close your eyes and pull a student out, and they're gonna be a little bit cooler than the average celebrity. "
Michael Bastian
Live
School
Say
" Menswear remains steady. It's a difference of a pleat versus flat-front pant or two buttons versus three in the jacket. "
Michael Bastian
Difference
Two
Steady
" The hardest thing in the world to do is to take something everyone already knows and make it a little better. "
Michael Bastian
Better
World
Hardest
" I think women are much more open to new ideas but approach a line more from a more personal and skeptical place - you need to seduce them into your clothes, whereas most men just like to be told what they should be wearing. Women are a bit like cats and men like dogs in that respect when it comes to clothes. "
Michael Bastian
Respect
Women
Men
" I've always had this thing for swimming pools - I think they're much sexier and far more glamorous than the beach, in a way. You dress differently when you're spending a day at an amazing pool than you would dress for the beach. "
Michael Bastian
You
Amazing
Beach
" I feel like everyone should buy less but buy better. "
Michael Bastian
I Feel
Like
Feel
" The beauty of men's shoppers is that they're super loyal. "
Michael Bastian
Loyal
Super
Men
" I'm actually really obsessed with folk art. "
Michael Bastian
Really
Art
Folk
" I'm a New Yorker, so I don't own a car, but I rent a lot of cars. "
Michael Bastian
Car
Rent
Yorker
" I personally would rather layer up than put on a big, heavy coat. "
Michael Bastian
Big
Rather
Layer
" 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. "
Michael Bastian
Home
Sick
Fashion
" I love doing these little collaborations. We collaborate with Stubbs & Wooton on the shoes for Michael Bastian. "
Michael Bastian
Shoes
Love
I Love
" Guys look best when they have a healthy disrespect for their clothes. "
Michael Bastian
Clothes
Disrespect
Healthy
" As a group, the fashion industry has been one of the strongest in the effort to fight HIV and AIDS. There are many groups dedicated to fighting this disease; GMHC's Fashion Forward is just one of them. But I think everyone in this industry fights it in their own way. "
Michael Bastian
Fight
Fashion
Fighting
" I consistently go back to myself: What am I looking for or wanting to wear myself, right now, that I don't already have? I always figure if I'm looking for it, a lot of guys are. "
Michael Bastian
Now
Back
Always
" Gray has this crisp, neat-as-a-pin thing going for it, whereas black seems lazy and, at the same time, like it's trying too hard. "
Michael Bastian
Lazy
Black
Gray
" 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. "
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Love
Always
Idea
" 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. "
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You
Encouragement
Great
" What I know of Hawaii is from watching the 'Brady Bunch' shows from the seventies. "
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Know
Watching
Seventies
" If you're a New Yorker, there are two things that are most important: a car and a washer and dryer. Literally everyone else in America has those things! It's so weird to them that these are our luxuries. You can eat at Per Se every night, but I don't have a car or washer and dryer! "
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Weird
You
Night