Guys look best when they have a healthy disrespect for their clothes. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I prefer simpler shirts, like a solid oxford or pinstripe, and with a solid cashmere crewneck or V-neck. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Even if it's a polo shirt and chinos, they should be the best possible quality and fit perfectly. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Preppy never goes away. It just has its moment every 15 years, and then it goes back underground. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
When you buy a new suit, take the time to get it tailored, and you'll thank yourself every time you put it… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
A shirt's not just a shirt. It's the experience of what goes into that shirt. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Always have a pink Oxford shint ready for days when you're feeling run down. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
The minute you see a guy doing one of those Naomi Campbell catwalk-action kind of things, it falls apart. A lot of… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I'm a designer with a little 'd' as opposed to a big 'd.' It's a job; I'm more about contributing to a… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I consistently go back to myself: What am I looking for or wanting to wear myself, right now, that I don't already… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Most guys open their closet and tend to wear about 10% of what they own - and they wear that 10% over… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
All it takes is for one person to say, 'Wow, that looks great on you' - and then they wear it for… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
With tailored clothing, you can really see where the money went. How it's constructed, how it fits your body - this becomes… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Good clothes are good clothes, and they don't need whales and tricks and too many jokes. Sometimes you just need something to… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
When you live in a city where you're always in and out of a car or a building, I feel it's... better… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I know how to cane chairs - how's that for a useless skill? My mom once took a course and taught me… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
As a group, the fashion industry has been one of the strongest in the effort to fight HIV and AIDS. There are… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I think women are much more open to new ideas but approach a line more from a more personal and skeptical place… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I still don't think I'm a fashion guy. I think I'm a clothes guy. I'm a little obsessive. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
I kind of have a uniform for office parties and Christmas parties. What I do is put on a basic tuxedo shirt… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Men and women shop very differently, and where women are open to edgy, conceptual looks, very, very few men are. — Michael Bastian Copy Share
You don't want to have a boring runway presentation, but you don't want to show stuff nobody is going to wear. — Michael Bastian Copy Share
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… — Michael Bastian Copy Share
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… — Michael Bastian Copy Share
I know how to cane chairs - how's that for a useless skill? My mom once took a course and taught me how to… — Michael Bastian Copy Share
One of the weird things about being a designer is guessing what the world will want about a year in advance of when they… — Michael Bastian Copy Share
I'd like to think my brand shares some of those characteristics we like to think of as classically American - a certain straightforwardness, honesty,… — Michael Bastian Copy Share
I feel like design school might ruin people, particularly if you're a menswear designer, as there's not much focus on business. — Michael Bastian Copy Share
