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" I have a very wonderful bath ritual. "
Michael Bastian
Ritual
Wonderful
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" 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. "
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" Gray feels like the city. "
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" 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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" I still don't think I'm a fashion guy. I think I'm a clothes guy. I'm a little obsessive. "
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" Even if it's a polo shirt and chinos, they should be the best possible quality and fit perfectly. "
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" I get my best ideas in that state of suspended consciousness just before sleep. "
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" I've always envied Thomas Jefferson's bed at Monticello. It's in a tiny alcove, bound by walls at the head and foot. "
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" You can have a real ongoing dialogue through social media that wasn't possible before. "
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" The beauty of men's shoppers is that they're super loyal. "
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" The minute you see a guy doing one of those Naomi Campbell catwalk-action kind of things, it falls apart. A lot of hips and the scissor walk? No! Men always need to be men. "
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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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" Just being out in the world gives me ideas. "
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" When I began designing my Spring '13 collection, it wasn't even Spring '12 yet. Snow was actually still on the ground in New York, but I knew I wanted this particular spring season to be freer, more colorful, easier, more about feeling good, and I wanted there to be a sexier feeling than we've been known for in the past. "
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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'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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Always
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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! "
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Me
Know
" One of the weird things about being a designer is guessing what the world will want about a year in advance of when they will want it. It becomes almost a psychological test in a way - how do I feel now and how do I want to feel then. "
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Test
World
" 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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New
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Take
" Women are more open to trying on a new personality every season; they can go from goth to bombshell to librarian, whatever. "
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" Good clothes are good clothes, and they don't need whales and tricks and too many jokes. Sometimes you just need something to wear. "
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" I never doubted my place in the world. "
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" 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. "
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" Edie and Lew Wasserman were chic as hell. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I'm a New Yorker, so I don't own a car, but I rent a lot of cars. "
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