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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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" People talk to me about celebrities all the time and which ones do I admire, and it's so hard because you can't tell who's doing it for themselves and who hired a stylist. "

Michael Bastian

Admire

You

Time

" I consistently go back to myself: What am I looking for or wanting to wear myself, right now, that I don't already have? I always figure if I'm looking for it, a lot of guys are. "

" Michael Bastian is a designer line and priced a certain way because of where it's made and the materials we use, and Gant is the more accessible version of that: more sports-inspired, more branding. It has the same DNA; it's just a different time and place. "

" I'm actually really obsessed with folk art. "

" Gray feels like the city. "

" I think women are much more open to new ideas but approach a line more from a more personal and skeptical place - you need to seduce them into your clothes, whereas most men just like to be told what they should be wearing. Women are a bit like cats and men like dogs in that respect when it comes to clothes. "

" Anyone can be James Dean for a day. "

" Flip-flops are a privilege, not a right. "

Michael Bastian

Right

Privilege

" A shirt's not just a shirt. It's the experience of what goes into that shirt. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Michael Bastian

Good

Want

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

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

" 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. "

" Celebrities, the beach, and Coachella, that's what everyone thinks about when they think of Los Angeles. Then you see these people living in Bel-Air and Beverly Hills, and they're so chic and have so much style. "

" I still don't think I'm a fashion guy. I think I'm a clothes guy. I'm a little obsessive. "

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

Michael Bastian

I Feel

Feel

" 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. "

Michael Bastian

Finding

Settle

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Even if it's a polo shirt and chinos, they should be the best possible quality and fit perfectly. "

" Women are more open to trying on a new personality every season; they can go from goth to bombshell to librarian, whatever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, I'm not so much of a tech guy. "

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

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

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

" 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. "