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" 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

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" 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. "

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" I seem to go through phases with collecting stuff: vintage Japanese men's magazines, coconut monkey carvings, '70s belt buckles. "

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

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" The guys who like chinos and cords never went away. They've always been there. They're remarkably loyal, just not remarkably vocal. "

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" 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. "

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian

" My favorite animal on the Galapagos is the Galapagos Marine Iguana. The first rule of iguana-dom is that iguanas hate the water, yet somehow, these poor iguanas landed there and had to figure it out. "

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" I never doubted my place in the world. "

Michael Bastian

" Just being out in the world gives me ideas. "

Michael Bastian

" Anyone can be James Dean for a day. "

Michael Bastian

" Flip-flops are a privilege, not a right. "

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian

" At a certain point, this is a brand. It's got to be bigger than me as one little person. We have a lane - and it's a good lane - and want to drive faster down that lane. "

Michael Bastian

" I'd like to think my brand shares some of those characteristics we like to think of as classically American - a certain straightforwardness, honesty, a sense of humor, inclusiveness, practicality - all those great Yankee traits. And I don't mean the baseball team. "

Michael Bastian

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

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

Michael Bastian

" When you live in a city where you're always in and out of a car or a building, I feel it's... better to treat a heavier, tweedier sport coat almost as you would outerwear. "

Michael Bastian

" I have a very wonderful bath ritual. "

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

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian

" Edie and Lew Wasserman were chic as hell. "

Michael Bastian

" I just love walking around the Upper East Side and seeing those guys who didn't just take an extra 10 minutes in the morning to get ready, but an extra 40 minutes. "

Michael Bastian

" Men and women shop very differently, and where women are open to edgy, conceptual looks, very, very few men are. "

Michael Bastian

" 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. "

Michael Bastian

" I'm always asking, 'How do you give a guy a new reason to buy a polo?' "

Michael Bastian

" 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. "

Michael Bastian

" There's nothin' wrong with the way men dress in New York! "

Michael Bastian

" I think the secret of my brand is that I speak to the guys who just get it. They don't want something all logo'd and tricked out. But they go to the gym. They still go out; they want to look hot. And they want an upgrade, but they don't want to look like their dad. "

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