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. — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
At a certain point, this is a brand. It's got to be bigger than me as one little person. We have a lane - and it's a good lane - and want to drive faster down that lane. — 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
