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" 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

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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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" 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. "

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

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" I have a very wonderful bath ritual. "

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" When you buy a new suit, take the time to get it tailored, and you'll thank yourself every time you put it on. "

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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'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. "

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" I get my best ideas in that state of suspended consciousness just before sleep. "

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" The easiest thing is to create something no one has ever seen before. There's a reason no one's ever seen it - because someone tried it, and it didn't work in the real world. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" Guys are leery about putting on something they don't think is them. They have a fixed idea of themselves. "

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" 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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" The beauty of men's shoppers is that they're super loyal. "

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" 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. "

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" I personally would rather layer up than put on a big, heavy coat. "

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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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" I've been to parties where I've seen guys mess up. They've been dying to bust out those crazy embroidered corduroys all year long, and it doesn't always fly. "

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" 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. "

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" Anyone can be James Dean for a day. "

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" The minute a male model looks like he's doing a runway walk, it falls apart. It should look like they're just walking. "

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" Edie and Lew Wasserman were chic as hell. "

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

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