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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. "

Michael Bastian

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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" 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! "

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

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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 thing for swimming pools - I think they're much sexier and far more glamorous than the beach, in a way. You dress differently when you're spending a day at an amazing pool than you would dress for the beach. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" Edie and Lew Wasserman were chic as hell. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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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