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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. "

Michael Bastian

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" 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. "

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" I get my best ideas in that state of suspended consciousness just before sleep. "

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" You get to a certain age, and you learn what looks good on you. "

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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 know how to cane chairs - how's that for a useless skill? My mom once took a course and taught me how to do it when I was stuck at home sick with the flu. Now I'm all set if I ever decide to drop out of fashion and join an Amish community. "

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

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" Anyone can be James Dean for a day. "

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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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" When I began designing my Spring '13 collection, it wasn't even Spring '12 yet. Snow was actually still on the ground in New York, but I knew I wanted this particular spring season to be freer, more colorful, easier, more about feeling good, and I wanted there to be a sexier feeling than we've been known for in the past. "

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" I seem to go through phases with collecting stuff: vintage Japanese men's magazines, coconut monkey carvings, '70s belt buckles. "

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

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" You don't want to have a boring runway presentation, but you don't want to show stuff nobody is going to wear. "

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" I'm a New Yorker, so I don't own a car, but I rent a lot of cars. "

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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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" Menswear remains steady. It's a difference of a pleat versus flat-front pant or two buttons versus three in the jacket. "

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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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" 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. "

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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. "

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" The easiest thing is to create something no one has ever seen before. There's a reason no one's ever seen it - because someone tried it, and it didn't work in the real world. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" All it takes is for one person to say, 'Wow, that looks great on you' - and then they wear it for the next 10 years. That's the great thing about guys. They just need that little bit of encouragement. "

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

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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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" Guys look best when they have a healthy disrespect for their clothes. "

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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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