Thom Browne Quotes

#1. I have yet to do a job where I would really get to rock the great clothes. I'd love to do a job where I could wear Thom Browne.

Dean Winters

#2. Thom Browne is like a wizard when it comes to clothes. Even though his suits are so shrunken, they feel like pajamas.

Brad Goreski

#3. Thom Browne, Michael Bastian ... all these people that I love, when I finally get to meet them, I'm like, 'You're a cool guy!'

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#4. If you saw me every day, you would actually think I am wearing the exact same gray suit.

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#5. 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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#6. 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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#7. 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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#8. 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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#9. 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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#10. 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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#11. Some people, when they see my shows, leave saying, 'Who would wear that?'

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#12. 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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#13. 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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#14. 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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#15. 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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#16. 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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#17. 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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#18. 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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#19. 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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#20. An idea that is confident always looks masculine.

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#21. Anyone who is confident in themselves is much more stylish.

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#22. It is so important to be really true to yourself in design, and I am.

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#23. 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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#24. I like the idea of men's tailoring on girls. It's very strong and sexy in a non-overt way.

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#25. 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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#26. I've always been drawn to the American style in the late '50s and '60s.

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#27. 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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#28. 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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#29. 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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#30. I act every day of my life.

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#31. 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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#32. 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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#33. Nothing is worse than a home that is too perfect and done. You have to live in it.

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#34. 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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#35. My uniform: grey suit, white shirt, grey tie and tie bar, grey cardigan and black wingtips.

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#36. 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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#37. 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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#38. The most uninteresting thing for me is when somebody thinks too much about how they put themselves together.

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#39. I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over.

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#40. When people have too many choices, they make bad choices.

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#41. I think good tailoring and something that's well-made never gets boring or tiring.

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#42. 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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