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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. "

Michael Bastian

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" 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. "

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" Men and women shop very differently, and where women are open to edgy, conceptual looks, very, very few men are. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" If you're a New Yorker, there are two things that are most important: a car and a washer and dryer. Literally everyone else in America has those things! It's so weird to them that these are our luxuries. You can eat at Per Se every night, but I don't have a car or washer and dryer! "

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" I prefer simpler shirts, like a solid oxford or pinstripe, and with a solid cashmere crewneck or V-neck. "

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" I think the secret of my brand is that I speak to the guys who just get it. They don't want something all logo'd and tricked out. But they go to the gym. They still go out; they want to look hot. And they want an upgrade, but they don't want to look like their dad. "

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" Gray feels like the city. "

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" 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. "

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" My big mission in life is to get guys out of those big, baggy board shorts down to their knees. It always looks like they're trying to hide something, like skinny legs. "

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" I love doing these little collaborations. We collaborate with Stubbs & Wooton on the shoes for Michael Bastian. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" I've always envied Thomas Jefferson's bed at Monticello. It's in a tiny alcove, bound by walls at the head and foot. "

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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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" With tailored clothing, you can really see where the money went. How it's constructed, how it fits your body - this becomes very apparent in tailored clothing. "

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

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" I'm always asking, 'How do you give a guy a new reason to buy a polo?' "

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

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" Anyone can be James Dean for a day. "

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" When you live in a city where you're always in and out of a car or a building, I feel it's... better to treat a heavier, tweedier sport coat almost as you would outerwear. "

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" I have a very wonderful bath ritual. "

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