I'm always asking, 'How do you give a guy a new reason to buy a polo?' — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
When I began designing my Spring '13 collection, it wasn't even Spring '12 yet. Snow was actually still on the ground in… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
If you're a New Yorker, there are two things that are most important: a car and a washer and dryer. Literally everyone… — 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
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
