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

Michael Bastian

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

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

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" 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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" You can have a real ongoing dialogue through social media that wasn't possible before. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Preppy never goes away. It just has its moment every 15 years, and then it goes back underground. "

Michael Bastian

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

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

Michael Bastian

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

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" Boston's such a unique city. I feel like 50 percent of its DNA turns over every semester. "

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" Edie and Lew Wasserman were chic as hell. "

Michael Bastian

" 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

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

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

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" You don't want to have a boring runway presentation, but you don't want to show stuff nobody is going to wear. "

Michael Bastian

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

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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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