Michael Bastian Quotes

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Michael Bastian

Profession : Designer

Birth : October 13, 1965

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

Michael Bastian

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

Michael Bastian

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

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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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Swedish winters are not for the faint of heart.

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What I know of Hawaii is from watching the 'Brady Bunch' shows from the seventies.

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

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

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I'm always much more inspired by random people on the street. I live down by NYU and The New School, and I'd almost say close your eyes and pull a student out, and they're gonna be a little bit cooler than the average celebrity.

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

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Preppy never goes away. It just has its moment every 15 years, and then it goes back underground.

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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'm actually really obsessed with folk art.

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