Top 50 Nick Wooster Quotes

Great product trumps all. You can have the biggest marketing budget, the biggest show, a perfect merchandising plan, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t mean anything if the design and quality of the product you are offering is not compelling.

I am probably biased, but I think social media is the great equalizer. It gives everyone a megaphone. Young people who might not have had the platform for exposure can now get their ideas out to a very receptive audience.

In the scheme of things, I’m just a guy who gets my picture taken.

I’m really pretty classic.

My advice to young people – wait until it’s your turn. Just kidding, sorta.

I always treat camo as a solid.

I love London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris – there are a million places I could imagine I like, but N.Y. is home.

I grew up in the ’60s and ’70s when men were required to wear a suit, shirt, and tie every day to be taken seriously. I was at the tail end of that generation, and it had a significant impact on me.

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.

The Japanese are the ultimate students: they analyse things in so much detail… until they have pretty much mastered whatever they are studying.

I always say, I have been fired from more jobs than most people would ever have had in their entire career.

It’s a love-and-hate relationship with New York. Much like Hong Kong, it’s expensive, crowded, the weather is not so nice. But New York is home, and I love New York.

I’ve always dressed differently. I’ve always had my own deal.

I actually come from a long line of barbers.

I have to say, I love the summer, but I don’t love summer clothes to the degree I love fall clothes.

Oh God, I am so pro-shorts. I love shorts.

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.

A classic fishtail parka, anorak, mackintosh, windbreaker, pea coat, or jean jacket will get you through every season.

I recognize that, to someone who doesn’t know my history, maybe I seem like this guy who gets dressed up for the Internet.

Everyone looks better in clothes that skim the body. Items that fit properly make you look better than wearing something oversize.

Yes, there are probably too many tattoos. But there are too many bad haircuts, too many bad shoe choices, too many bad jeans.

I’m probably one of the most fearful persons in the world, but not when it comes to getting dressed.

Just about everyone is quick to judge plastic surgery, especially on a man. We’ve all seen people who end up looking a little scary.

I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at.

There’s something about the U.S. and Japan: two opposite ends of the planet, two completely different languages, and yet, especially in menswear, they share this kind of idealized way of dressing that is so close to what we do in America.

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.

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.

You really can’t function without a phone or an iPad.

The only pair of trousers a guy needs are grey flannel.

Fire Island Pines is my perfect escape from N.Y.C. on weekends. Beautiful beaches, great restaurants, and fun people – exactly what I need after a crazy New York week.

Texas has a uniquely warm climate. So fabric weights and lengths of coats are always a concern.

I went through a Billy Idol phase. I had white hair when Peter Rizzo hired me at Barneys.

I have been a fan of Forty Five Ten since my first visit to Dallas in 2010, when I was working with the hometown competitor.

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.

Lardini is my go-to tailor. They work with me on a lot of personal things, which is nice.

I never wear a black belt with a black shoe. It’s always the opposite: a brown shoe with a black belt.

I think the way you dress is a direct reflection out of what you will get out of your day; you make the effort, people will notice. You’ll feel better, and those around you will feel better.

For me, a Thom Browne suit is an investment.

To me, how you dress is a way to show you care.

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?’

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 still think of myself as a retailer first, but I also know how to make clothes.

My dad was a mechanic, and I have great style memories of him. He wore, every single day: a blue chambray shirt, Levi’s 501s, and Red Wing boots. And that certainly wasn’t fashionable at the time; it was basically the opposite. And he wore these horn rim glasses that were very Sol Moscot.

I think that good, great things can come at every price.

Fashion comes and goes; prints come and go. Proper camo never really goes away.

Camo is almost like a solid. It is the perfect uniform: you can wear camo in any application and it is always right.

Getting dressed, for me, is like a window to my soul.

Outside of white button-down oord cloth shirts, Trickers brogues, 501s, and Ray-Ban Aviators, the single item of clothing that I have had in my closet consistently since 1982 is a pair of black-and-white checked Vans. They are the lazy man’s shoe – perfect for dog walking and security lines at the airport.

Some people are born with a caul. I was born with a jacket.

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.