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" I went through a Billy Idol phase. I had white hair when Peter Rizzo hired me at Barneys. "
Nick Wooster
Phase
Me
White
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" I always say, I have been fired from more jobs than most people would ever have had in their entire career. "
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Always
Say
More
" I think with black tie, you can't really do too much. I think you have to pretty much stick to the rules on that. "
Nick Wooster
Think
You
Too Much
" A gray flannel suit by Thom Browne or Tom Ford can be worn a billion ways. I'll wear a gray flannel jacket with a white shirt, gray flannel tie, beat-up fatigues, and a dress shoe or Carpe Diem boots. "
Nick Wooster
Tie
White
Shoe
" Camo is almost like a solid. It is the perfect uniform: you can wear camo in any application and it is always right. "
Nick Wooster
Perfect
Uniform
You
" To me, a Harris Tweed jacket is the kind of thing you should be able to have in your closet years from now - possibly it was your father's jacket or, even better, your grandfather's jacket. "
Nick Wooster
Father
Better
Me
" A man in Tom Ford will develop a nice, long relationship with the brand. Ford is very smart about positioning his product. He's a name that is going to remain huge. "
Nick Wooster
Relationship
Smart
Man
" I understand I'm not everyone's cup of tea, and I certainly don't want everyone to look like me. I really only dress for myself. "
Nick Wooster
Dress
Understand
Tea
" I'll never forget my transition from pleated pants to plain front pants. It was the late '80s. I couldn't get rid of those pleated pants fast enough. "
Nick Wooster
Late
Never Forget
Transition
" In Japan, the attention to detail in customer service is an experience that is unlike anywhere else. It's really quite special. I think everyone who's interested in fashion would do well to take a trip to learn about presentation and the way the merchandise is handed to you. These are skills that no one really thinks about. "
Nick Wooster
Fashion
You
Think
" I feel like the menswear blogger is a special breed, and by that, I mean they really have brought menswear out of the closet and into the public discourse where guys are not afraid to talk about style, dressing, clothes. "
Nick Wooster
Special
Feel
Clothes
" The only pair of trousers a guy needs are grey flannel. "
Nick Wooster
Only
Needs
Guy
" I like clothes. When I realized as a child that you had to wear them, and it takes the same amount of effort to look good or not, I figured out long ago that I only wanted stuff that I loved and looked good in. "
Nick Wooster
Child
You
Loved
" I love the idea of the sartorial mix of fatigues and a great blazer. "
Nick Wooster
Idea
Love
I Love
" I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at. "
Nick Wooster
Excel
Where
Well
" Men shop for problem solving. They want something familiar. So if it's a new version of something they understand, they are right there with it and, hopefully, loving it. "
Nick Wooster
Want
Loving
Men
" A classic fishtail parka, anorak, mackintosh, windbreaker, pea coat, or jean jacket will get you through every season. "
Nick Wooster
Will
Coat
You
" The Japanese are the ultimate students: they analyse things in so much detail... until they have pretty much mastered whatever they are studying. "
Nick Wooster
Detail
Studying
Students
" My advice to young people - wait until it's your turn. Just kidding, sorta. "
Nick Wooster
Advice
Young
Wait
" There are so many more people in Tokyo than in New York, but it's pristine. It's so organized, and yet the address system is in complete chaos. "
Nick Wooster
New
Than
Chaos
" To me, how you dress is a way to show you care. "
Nick Wooster
Way
You
Show
" Clothes and fashion should work in people's lives. Period. "
Nick Wooster
People
Should
Fashion
" I never wear a black belt with a black shoe. It's always the opposite: a brown shoe with a black belt. "
Nick Wooster
Black
Opposite
Never
" Lardini is my go-to tailor. They work with me on a lot of personal things, which is nice. "
Nick Wooster
Personal
Me
Nice
" There's something about the U.S. and Japan: two opposite ends of the planet, two completely different languages, and yet, especially in menswear, they share this kind of idealized way of dressing that is so close to what we do in America. "
Nick Wooster
Dressing
America
Japan
" I did this the hard way. I have worked my entire life in this business, and I've done the work - from being on the selling floor to learning to speak Italian to work with manufacturers with John Bartlett. I've done it all. I've paid my dues. "
Nick Wooster
Business
Work
Speak
" I recognize that, to someone who doesn't know my history, maybe I seem like this guy who gets dressed up for the Internet. "
Nick Wooster
History
Know
Someone
" I truly find inspiration everywhere. I always tell students, and young people starting out, that the single most important skill, next to listening, is to pay attention. You never know where inspiration will strike. "
Nick Wooster
Know
Important
People
" I'm so obsessed with Apple, and the chance to work with the people who really created Apple retail is the retail opportunity of a lifetime. "
Nick Wooster
Chance
Opportunity
People
" Some people are born with a caul. I was born with a jacket. "
Nick Wooster
Some People
Some
People
" I'm a kid from Kansas, so J.C. Penney was where I got all my clothes from kindergarten to around 7th grade. "
Nick Wooster
Where
Got
Clothes