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

Michael Bastian

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

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

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

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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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" I'm a big fan of TV on demand. I'm embarrassed to say what I watch. It's the worst crap. "

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" Designer pricing should hurt, but it shouldn't kill you. You wince when you hand over your AmEx, but once you get it home, you never regret it. You divide it by how many days you're using it, and suddenly it becomes affordable. "

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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 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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" 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

" I have a very wonderful bath ritual. "

Michael Bastian

" I'm a New Yorker, so I don't own a car, but I rent a lot of cars. "

Michael Bastian

" Edie and Lew Wasserman were chic as hell. "

Michael Bastian

" 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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" 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. "

Michael Bastian

" 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. "

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

" Everyone looks better and more alive in a pink shirt. "

Michael Bastian

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Good clothes are good clothes, and they don't need whales and tricks and too many jokes. Sometimes you just need something to wear. "

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian

" Anyone can be James Dean for a day. "

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian