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" The only pair of trousers a guy needs are grey flannel. "

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" 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. "

" I think Hong Kong has always had this tradition of custom-made suits, which I've never done but love the idea of. "

" Oh God, I am so pro-shorts. I love shorts. "

" I think that good, great things can come at every price. "

" 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. "

" I'm really pretty classic. "

" Instagram is my 401k. "

" 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. "

" I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at. "

" Clothes and fashion should work in people's lives. Period. "

" Anybody can make a thousand dollar garment because you find the finest fabric and the finest mills, and you churn that out. "

" Dress for your body type and not your age. "

" 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. "

" Just about everyone is quick to judge plastic surgery, especially on a man. We've all seen people who end up looking a little scary. "

" Yes, there are probably too many tattoos. But there are too many bad haircuts, too many bad shoe choices, too many bad jeans. "

" I always treat camo as a solid. "

" The Japanese are the ultimate students: they analyse things in so much detail... until they have pretty much mastered whatever they are studying. "

" 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. "

" Bloggers and stores and publications and brands and houses all need to sort of take a deep breath and relax because no one is going away. The brands aren't going away. The designers, bloggers, publications aren't going away. "

Take A Deep Breath

" 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. "

" Not all black T-shirts are created equal. "

" Fire Island Pines is my perfect escape from N.Y.C. on weekends. Beautiful beaches, great restaurants, and fun people - exactly what I need after a crazy New York week. "

" 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. "

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" I've decided I'm no longer pulling sweaters over my head. Maybe that's sort of an old man thing, but if it is, I'm there. "

" I'm probably one of the most fearful persons in the world, but not when it comes to getting dressed. "

Getting Dressed

" 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. "

" I'm a kid from Kansas, so J.C. Penney was where I got all my clothes from kindergarten to around 7th grade. "