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Mickey Drexler

American Businessman

Born: Aug 17, 1944

Always Business Like Me People You

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I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that. Mickey Drexler

Day Change People Long Other Meet All Day Like Want Agent

I spot detail quickly. Mickey Drexler

Detail Spot Quickly

I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game. Mickey Drexler

Game Looking Stay Over Always Shoulder Needing

Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves in me over the years. It's a condition in me. Mickey Drexler

Life Myself Me Creativity Matter My Life Other Runs Over Parts Been Years Condition Automatic Happening Help

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

Own My Own Always Issue Wanted Psychological Company

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

Quality Way Only Look Go Companies

It takes a long time to get a reputation for quality. There are people in our industry, they're basically copiers. Look at the cars on the streets. They all look alike. But if you put quality into a product, then have it validated, you have huge credibility. Mickey Drexler

Service drives a lot of my decisions. Mickey Drexler

Service Drives Lot Decisions

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

Hope You People Say Thousand Something Leave Hearing Impression

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

You Wear Guys Colors Weird Know Up Orange Ends

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

You Build Unpopular Someone Lead Got Times Team

Apple has beautiful design, beautiful product, incredibly functional. But mostly, it's about picking product, getting behind it, marketing it, and introducing it to a customer. What they've done just inspires me. Mickey Drexler

Beautiful Me Design Incredibly Marketing Introducing About Inspires Picking Mostly Done Getting Behind Just Customer Product Functional Apple

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

Word Like Employee Call Them Associates

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

You Clothes Environment Stores Separate

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

You Walls Others Respectful Office Successful Your Team

The person is a resume, not what's on a piece of paper. Whoever gives advice about resumes in college should be dismissed. Titles don't matter. GPAs don't matter, nor does what school you go to. Mickey Drexler

You Resume School Matter College Advice Paper About Gives Piece Does Go Nor Person Titles Dismissed Should Whoever

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled. What about study abroad will make you a better J.Crew associate? Mickey Drexler

You People Resume Better Will Entitled About Abroad Put Study Like Make Because Means Actually Associate

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

Background Someone Hire Waiters Lot Predictable Successful

I think it's in my mind, and it's driven me my entire life, and it is to offer customers tasteful clothes at good value, meaning it lets the world - or more of the world - afford to dress well. Mickey Drexler

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

World About Opinion Personal Homogenized

The British invented the classic look. Men's apparel was created in London, the great English style. You have to respect this country's suits, shirts, shoes, luggage. Mickey Drexler

Great You Respect Suits Men Country Style Shoes London Classic Invented Look Shirts Created Apparel English Luggage British

I grew up in the Bronx. I used to remember going to all these fancy stores in Manhattan to run errands or whatever, and I felt intimidated, like they did not talk to me because I was from the Bronx. I never want anyone to be intimidated by fashion. Fashion is fun or, at least, should be. Mickey Drexler

Fashion Me Remember Whatever Intimidated Run Bronx Never Like Talk Because Felt Least Up Did Going Want Manhattan Anyone Grew Stores Fancy Should Used Fun

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