Nick Wooster

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 almost always wear a jacket, but I like different jackets. I also like funny pants.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

Dress for your body type and not your age.

If someone tells me I can't wear something, that's the moment when I want to wear it.

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.

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