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" I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter. "

Zac Posen

Believe

Business

American

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" I just think when you are dressing a celebrity, for me, I'm hopefully adding a moment. I always say, 'What role do you want to play?' when we start a fitting. "

Zac Posen

Start

Think

" There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements. "

" Beyond fashion, I think that culture has a side where they love to shoot you up like a clay pigeon and then take out their rifles. I lived that, and I got to see the perspective from up in the sky. "

" I was not a young fashion victim. I really had an idea of what I liked in fashion and how I dressed. "

" So many people are following fashion now. It's become fashion-tainment. "

" I don't believe in one ideal beauty. "

" As an object itself, to me, books today are such a rare entity - I want mine to be something where, if left on the kitchen table, a child could pick it up. It can visually tell a story. "

" I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design. "

" When I first got to Brooks Brothers, my mom told me she remembered how upsetting it was trying to find professional clothes in the eighties. Suits would either be over-stylized or frumpy, so she said, 'Make sure it's tailored properly.' "

Zac Posen

Suits

Mom

" I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me. "

" Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star. "

" I don't cook ribs in my own home. I let my dad cook the ribs. He's from St. Louis, Missouri. I like to use a grill, but that's my dad's domain. "

" I'm quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round. "

" I go online at night and I order flowers, rare flowers, and then they come in the mail. That's my fashion detox. "

" The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body. "

" Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential. "

" I think, mind over body, it's real. "

" I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater. "

Zac Posen

Parents

Celebration

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" I feel very fortunate that I make everything I wear head to toe every day. "

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" I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered. "