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An idea that is confident always looks masculine.
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Ideas
Looks
Masculine
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When people have too many choices, they make bad choices.
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Bad Choices
Choices
People
Make
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Too
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Anyone who is confident in themselves is much more stylish.
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It is so important to be really true to yourself in design, and I am.
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True To Yourself
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I've always been drawn to the American style in the late '50s and '60s.
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Drawn
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I think good tailoring and something that's well-made never gets boring or tiring.
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I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over.
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If you saw me every day, you would actually think I am wearing the exact same gray suit.
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Saws
Suits
Thinking
I Am Me Day
Me Day I Am
Exact
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My uniform: grey suit, white shirt, grey tie and tie bar, grey cardigan and black wingtips.
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Grey
White
Bar
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The most uninteresting thing for me is when somebody thinks too much about how they put themselves together.
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Thinking
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Too Much
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My dad was an attorney. The last thing he ever thought about was clothes, and yet somehow he always looked good.
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Attorney
Good Dad Always
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It's sad that the cell phone is replacing the watch as a time-telling device. I wear a vintage watch that's really skinny.
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Cell Phone
Skinny
Vintage
Cell
Device
Watch
Phone
Wear
Replacing
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If you’re constantly open to inspiration, it will come to you. The worst thing a man can do is pressure himself into an idea.
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Men
Ideas
Inspiration
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I come from a family of bankers and lawyers, and they joked that they can't believe I'm the one that gets to go to the White House.
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White House
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I don’t understand why everybody thinks that dressing casually is so much more comfortable. I’m as comfortable in a suit as I am in anything else.
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Dressings
Suits
Thinking
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I'm not Amish, but I grew up in that same area of Pennsylvania and became very attracted to the inherent strictness and uniformity of that community.
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Amish
Inherent
Pennsylvania
Uniformity
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I want to put concepts in front of people that make them laugh or smile or even hate what I do. I'm not interested in just putting clothes in stores.
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Smile
Concepts
Not Interested
Stores
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I feel like jeans and a T-shirt have become Establishment. Everyone's dressed down. So actually, putting on a jacket is the anti-Establishment stance.
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Stance
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I feel like jeans and a T-shirt have become Establishment. Everyone’s dressed down. So actually putting on a jacket is the anti-Establishment stance.
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Jeans
Shirts
T Shirt
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I think pattern makers are some of the most underrated, undervalued people in fashion. They're the people who are sometimes the geniuses in designing clothing.
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Fashion
Makers
Underrated
Undervalued
People Sometimes Who
Clothing
Designing
Geniuses
Pattern
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I was asked to design the tuxedo for Mr. Peanut. They're rebranding him. That was probably the most interesting request. I didn't spend a long time considering it.
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Considering
Request
Mr
Peanut
Tuxedo
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Doing womenswear is challenging, and it's exciting. I approach it the same way as I approach menswear, so it's in a tailored way, and I do my thing. I love doing it.
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Tailored
Love Way Doing
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Obama does look good, but he could look better. The most important thing for politicians is to keep their clothes really simple and make sure their clothing actually fits.
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Clothes
Obama
Good Better Look
Politicians
Fits
Good Look Simple
Important Thing
Most Important Thing
The Most Important
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Men shouldn’t try too hard, or think about what they wear too much. I like when there’s something about a look that throws it off a little – perfection is really imperfect.
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Men
Perfection
Thinking
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I think guys don't always realize that clothing that fits is actually more comfortable than clothing that doesn't fit. I think guys do sometimes wear clothing that is too big.
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Comfortable
Clothing
Fits
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I like to maintain my collection as a provocative collection that makes people think. While certainly my stamp will be visible on Black Fleece, it is meant for a wider audience.
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Provocative
Visible
Black People Will
Maintain
Stamp
Wider
Wider Audience
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When it comes to shoes, you don't really need more than a few pairs of wing tips or oxfords. They're classics. And I wear only black shoes in the city. Brown ones are for the country.
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Pairs
Tips
Classics
Wing
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Designing is so easy - it's the business that is hard. That's why you really have to respect Ralph Lauren - look at what he's done. Anybody who can sustain themselves should be applauded.
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Lauren
Applauded
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Ralph Lauren
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Every man should own a navy cashmere jacket with gold buttons, a grey suit, black shoes shoes for the city, brown shoes for elsewhere. Everything else should be simple and really well made.
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Men
Cities
Simple
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I do love the provocative side of my collection, but I also like the classics - the simpler skirts and the sweater sets and the shirtdresses. And I always love to see girls in jackets and trousers.
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Jackets
Provocative
Skirts
Trousers
Collection
Love Always See
Classics
Sets
Simpler
Sweater
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Nothing should be perfect. I think that's the most important thing. I do wear my jackets almost exaggeratedly short. So that's probably the most mussed up. Along with, you know, not ironing my shirt.
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Important
Jackets
Perfect
Almost
Short
Wear
Important Thing
Ironing
Most Important Thing
Shirt
The Most Important
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As a designer, I think you just have to make sure you know what you want and stay true to it. You need to have conviction and really just want to make people think in regards to doing interesting things.
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Conviction
Designer
Interesting Things
Stay True
Regards
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Seersucker and khaki suits are the key to looking put-together in the summer. I also wear shorts year-round. And I would never say never, but I don't wear sandals. With shorts, it's wing tips and tennis socks.
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Never Say Never
Shorts
Suits
Tennis
Tips
Year Round
Socks
Wing
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I've always dressed the same. I've never made a fashion mistake. I've always worn utilitarian. I started my collection because I wanted certain specific things, but before that it was vintage and classic Brooks Brothers.
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Brooks
Classic
Mistake
Utilitarian
Vintage
Worn
Dressed
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Some people think that my shows are just for shock value, but the provocation makes those classic pieces look different every six months. You don't need to see the same gray suit every season. But surrounding it with 40 really interesting ideas makes it feel new.
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Classic
Provocation
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Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a woman so she doesn't have to slide across the seat. And you should always go first into a revolving door so she doesn't have to push - unless it's moving, then let her go first.
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Cab
Courteous
Revolving
Men Women Always
Men Women Enough
Seat
Women Men Woman
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While I think men in general should not fuss over how they look, I do feel as though they should make more an effort to find a way to look good in their own individual, but natural way. I think it's a shame that it's become acceptable to wear jeans and a T-shirt to any place and function.
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Acceptable
Function
Jeans
Good Men Look
Fuss
Natural Way
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Every collaboration I do, I feel like I've benefitted in so many different ways; it all depends on the organization. With Moncler, there is such a heritage to the brand and to the way that they work. With Brooks Brothers, in the same way, having the heritage to draw from in that collaboration is invaluable.
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Brooks
Collaboration
Depends
Different Ways
Heritage
Invaluable
Organization
Work Feel Way
Brand
Draw
Work Way Feel
So Many Different Ways
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I think my collection is doing really well, but collaborating is actually just a nice exercise in doing something different. For example, I do things very differently for Moncler that I wouldn't specifically do for me. For me, I can do whatever I want. With other companies, you have to stay responsible to them.
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Exercise
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I love the idea of things being strict and things being uniform. That's the reason why I surround each collection with humor or irony. I want to make sure that it's not too serious and that there is some element that throws it off because otherwise that would make it really boring. There's always a story that's somewhat fantastical.
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Strict
Surround
Somewhat
Element
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Since Brooks Brothers is a 189-year-old company, there are plenty of references and inspirations I can draw from their archives and catalogs. The wearer of Black Fleece may not be all that different from mine, in that I imagine that it would be someone who is a true individual, and independent thinker. This is for both men and women.
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Archives
Brooks
Men And Women
Plenty
Thinker
Men Women May
Both Men And Women
Catalogs
Draw
Women Men Black
Inspirations
References
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As a designer, I'm supposed to be provoking people's reactions, and getting people to see things differently. I think more of us should be doing this. Because yeah, maybe guys are not gonna want to wear my stuff, but they'll think that they can maybe wear something a little bit more than what they've been wearing. That's the only way things move forward.
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Moving
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Thinking
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