“When I began designing my Spring '13 collection, it wasn't even Spring...” — Michael Bastian Quote

“When I began designing my Spring '13 collection, it wasn't even Spring '12 yet. Snow was actually still on the ground in New York, but I knew I wanted this particular spring season to be freer, more colorful, easier, more about feeling good, and I wanted there to be a sexier feeling than we've been known for in the past.”

“I've been to parties where I've seen guys mess up. They've been dying to bust out those crazy embroidered corduroys all year long, and it doesn't always fly.”

“There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled.”

“I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.”

“Every collection under my signature label always has a skin color capsule where we experiment with different shades of nude and self-embroidery - always a best seller.”