Great ideas are very much 'of the moment,' and endlessly mulling them over just takes up too much of your brain space… — 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
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
Gray has this crisp, neat-as-a-pin thing going for it, whereas black seems lazy and, at the same time, like it's trying too… — Michael Bastian Copy Share Image
People talk to me about celebrities all the time and which ones do I admire, and it's so hard because you can't… — 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
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
