Michael Bastian is a designer line and priced a certain way because of where it's made and the materials we use, and… — 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
When you think mid-seventies, you think of Studio 54, but there was a whole other thing going on. Where I was, it… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
Women are more open to trying on a new personality every season; they can go from goth to bombshell to librarian, whatever. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Guys look best when they have a healthy disrespect for their clothes. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
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 Image
