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Mickey Drexler quotes: When I was young in the business, I felt anything I wanted to buy personally and professionally was always too expensive.

When I was young in the business, I felt anything I wanted to buy personally and professionally was always too expensive.

Mickey Drexler quotes: You know what ends up on the markdown racks? All the weird colors. Guys don't wear orange or citron.

You know what ends up on the markdown racks? All the weird colors. Guys don't wear orange or citron.

Mickey Drexler quotes: When you say something, and a thousand people are hearing it, you hope you leave an impression.

When you say something, and a thousand people are hearing it, you hope you leave an impression.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Celebrities have nothing to do with style.

Celebrities have nothing to do with style.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I find, in merchandising and design and creative, a business school degree isn't particularly helpful.

I find, in merchandising and design and creative, a business school degree isn't particularly helpful.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Fashion is guaranteed to never always be right.

Fashion is guaranteed to never always be right.

Mickey Drexler quotes: You have to build a team, but someone's got to lead, and someone's got to be unpopular at times.

You have to build a team, but someone's got to lead, and someone's got to be unpopular at times.

Mickey Drexler quotes: What is fashion? I don't know.

What is fashion? I don't know.

Mickey Drexler quotes: We have secured names and trademarks with either loose ideas or intentions, or with our imaginations. Sometimes things come of it, or they don't.

We have secured names and trademarks with either loose ideas or intentions, or with our imaginations. Sometimes things come of it, or they don't.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I've yet to see a correlation in my industry between great social media and great numbers.

I've yet to see a correlation in my industry between great social media and great numbers.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I like someone who's focused and can tell me what they've done well and not well and who's very open, honest, and self-aware.

I like someone who's focused and can tell me what they've done well and not well and who's very open, honest, and self-aware.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Service drives a lot of my decisions.

Service drives a lot of my decisions.

Mickey Drexler quotes: If you get a pant that fits the woman, as all women know, you get a loyal customer for life.

If you get a pant that fits the woman, as all women know, you get a loyal customer for life.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Do it, do it right, pay close attention to the product, and over time, you will win.

Do it, do it right, pay close attention to the product, and over time, you will win.

Mickey Drexler quotes: It is our job as always to focus on what we can control in the business.

It is our job as always to focus on what we can control in the business.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I think I was the youngest, fastest-promoted buyer in the history of Bloomingdale's.

I think I was the youngest, fastest-promoted buyer in the history of Bloomingdale's.

Customers don't just want to shop: they want to feel that the brand understands them.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Christopher Columbus discovered America in a blue-and-white sailor shirt, and since then, men have been wearing blue and white shirts.

Christopher Columbus discovered America in a blue-and-white sailor shirt, and since then, men have been wearing blue and white shirts.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I call them associates; I don't like the word 'employee.'

I call them associates; I don't like the word 'employee.'

Mickey Drexler quotes: I loved the fact that if you put goods on the floor, you could watch them sell.

I loved the fact that if you put goods on the floor, you could watch them sell.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I would like Madewell jeans to be the Levi's of its generation.

I would like Madewell jeans to be the Levi's of its generation.

Mickey Drexler quotes: My office has no walls. You can't be removed from your team to be successful. You have to be respectful of others.

My office has no walls. You can't be removed from your team to be successful. You have to be respectful of others.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I didn't like the name 'personal shopper.' That makes it sound like too much of a commodity and not personal enough.

I didn't like the name 'personal shopper.' That makes it sound like too much of a commodity and not personal enough.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I never wanted to compete on price in my history because on price, you don't always win.

I never wanted to compete on price in my history because on price, you don't always win.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I couldn't stand not controlling my own product from how it's manufactured to how it's sold.

I couldn't stand not controlling my own product from how it's manufactured to how it's sold.

Mickey Drexler quotes: My personal opinion about the world is that it's homogenized.

My personal opinion about the world is that it's homogenized.

Mickey Drexler quotes: The No. 1 thing is the product. The goods have to be good, but I care about how you feel about it.

The No. 1 thing is the product. The goods have to be good, but I care about how you feel about it.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Growing up, I always wanted a bedroom of my own.

Growing up, I always wanted a bedroom of my own.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Don't be buying out of emotion. Buy less if you love something but feel it's a risky item. We don't want overstock. And remember: No profit, no fun!

Don't be buying out of emotion. Buy less if you love something but feel it's a risky item. We don't want overstock. And remember: No profit, no fun!

Mickey Drexler quotes: Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

Mickey Drexler quotes: You can't separate the clothes from the stores, from the environment.

You can't separate the clothes from the stores, from the environment.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I always wanted to have my own company. It was a psychological issue.

I always wanted to have my own company. It was a psychological issue.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I hire a lot of waiters, waitresses. Someone who's successful has a background that's not predictable.

I hire a lot of waiters, waitresses. Someone who's successful has a background that's not predictable.

Mickey Drexler quotes: I look at companies as price-players or quality-players. The only way to go with J.Crew was quality.

I look at companies as price-players or quality-players. The only way to go with J.Crew was quality.

Mickey Drexler quotes: My management style is there is no such thing as non-important people in the company.

My management style is there is no such thing as non-important people in the company.

Mickey Drexler quotes: If you think you know the consumer better than anyone, then you're in real trouble. So we take a close watch. You spend time in stores.

If you think you know the consumer better than anyone, then you're in real trouble. So we take a close watch. You spend time in stores.

Mickey Drexler quotes: Steve Jobs, if he had lived, was gonna design an iCar. I think cars have an extraordinary opportunity for cool design.

Steve Jobs, if he had lived, was gonna design an iCar. I think cars have an extraordinary opportunity for cool design.