Clothes and fashion should work in people's lives. Period.
— Nick Wooster
I always say, I have been fired from more jobs than most people would ever have had in their entire career.
Men shop for problem solving. They want something familiar. So if it's a new version of something they understand, they are right there with it and, hopefully, loving it.
I think a lot of gay kids in the midwest or in places not in New York have to overachieve in order to sort of get through the fear of what they're going through.
I got fired from Neiman Marcus and Bergdorfs, and JC Penney didn't work out.
Dress for your body type and not your age.
Not all black T-shirts are created equal.
I went through a Billy Idol phase. I had white hair when Peter Rizzo hired me at Barneys.
I'm probably one of the most fearful persons in the world, but not when it comes to getting dressed.
You really can't function without a phone or an iPad.
My face doesn't look the same way it did at 39. My body doesn't look the same way it did at 39.
I've decided I'm no longer pulling sweaters over my head. Maybe that's sort of an old man thing, but if it is, I'm there.
I have a reputation that was sort of built on suits and boots, so I'm a huge fan of the sartorial equivalent of a mullet, where you're business on top and party on the bottom.
I'll never forget my transition from pleated pants to plain front pants. It was the late '80s. I couldn't get rid of those pleated pants fast enough.
Anybody can make a thousand dollar garment because you find the finest fabric and the finest mills, and you churn that out.
I almost always wear a jacket, but I like different jackets. I also like funny pants.
What I love about travel and shopping is seeing how different retailers in London, Paris, and New York interpret the same collection. I like to find the best store in town and take a good look because there will always be a nuance that you just can't get anywhere else.
Clothes are an amazing tool. They are an amazing way to hide a multitude of sins; they're an amazing way to be creative. Clothes can do so many things. But at the end of the day, if they don't serve you, it's just a waste of time. Then it is frivolous.
Fit and fabric are paramount. If the jacket fits, it doesn't matter what price you paid for it - you will look and feel fantastic.
The only pair of trousers a guy needs are grey flannel.
I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at.
I'm really pretty classic.
A gray flannel suit by Thom Browne or Tom Ford can be worn a billion ways. I'll wear a gray flannel jacket with a white shirt, gray flannel tie, beat-up fatigues, and a dress shoe or Carpe Diem boots.
I think that good, great things can come at every price.
I've always dressed differently. I've always had my own deal.
I would never, ever call myself a createur or a designer. I'm more of an amalgamator or a D.J., taking two things that don't go together and making them go together.
I really like neck tattoos and hand tattoos. They're just not for me.
I was 39 when I did, essentially, a three-quarter sleeve on my left arm. It was very late in life, which is good: I can't think of any decision I made at 19 that I'd be happy with at 39 or even now, at 51.
To me, a Harris Tweed jacket is the kind of thing you should be able to have in your closet years from now - possibly it was your father's jacket or, even better, your grandfather's jacket.
I like clothes. When I realized as a child that you had to wear them, and it takes the same amount of effort to look good or not, I figured out long ago that I only wanted stuff that I loved and looked good in.
I recognize that, to someone who doesn't know my history, maybe I seem like this guy who gets dressed up for the Internet.
I'm a kid from Kansas, so J.C. Penney was where I got all my clothes from kindergarten to around 7th grade.
In Japan, the attention to detail in customer service is an experience that is unlike anywhere else. It's really quite special. I think everyone who's interested in fashion would do well to take a trip to learn about presentation and the way the merchandise is handed to you. These are skills that no one really thinks about.
A classic fishtail parka, anorak, mackintosh, windbreaker, pea coat, or jean jacket will get you through every season.
I always say that MTV cribs is what brought straight men into the fashion world. Once they sort of saw sports guys and music guys had, like, a billion sneakers, they realized, 'Oh, you mean I can have more than one?'
In the scheme of things, I'm just a guy who gets my picture taken.
I always treat camo as a solid.
When I was a kid, my parents were happy to buy me clothes; they provided for me.
Everyone looks better in clothes that skim the body. Items that fit properly make you look better than wearing something oversize.
I never wear a black belt with a black shoe. It's always the opposite: a brown shoe with a black belt.
Bloggers and stores and publications and brands and houses all need to sort of take a deep breath and relax because no one is going away. The brands aren't going away. The designers, bloggers, publications aren't going away.
Some people are born with a caul. I was born with a jacket.
Instagram is my 401k.
Yes, there are probably too many tattoos. But there are too many bad haircuts, too many bad shoe choices, too many bad jeans.
A man in Tom Ford will develop a nice, long relationship with the brand. Ford is very smart about positioning his product. He's a name that is going to remain huge.
I have to say, I love the summer, but I don't love summer clothes to the degree I love fall clothes.
I did this the hard way. I have worked my entire life in this business, and I've done the work - from being on the selling floor to learning to speak Italian to work with manufacturers with John Bartlett. I've done it all. I've paid my dues.
I feel like the menswear blogger is a special breed, and by that, I mean they really have brought menswear out of the closet and into the public discourse where guys are not afraid to talk about style, dressing, clothes.
I'm so obsessed with Apple, and the chance to work with the people who really created Apple retail is the retail opportunity of a lifetime.
I think Hong Kong has always had this tradition of custom-made suits, which I've never done but love the idea of.
