American - Designer | May 5, 1950 -
The trademark Joseph Abboud style is the man first and the clothes second. The guy's the star. Everything else is a supporting actor.
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Having studied at the Sorbonne, I spent my 21st birthday in Paris and celebrated with one of my professors in a cafe outside of Notre Dame.
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I realized I had something new to say, something that wasn't already out there.
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I see a lot of young guys going back to the suit, but they're doing it in a way that's less of a uniform.
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I come from a blue-collar family. My father worked at the American Can Company as a mechanic. He broke his back and was disabled, and the first memory I have of him is in the hospital. My mother was a working mother - she had two jobs. Everybody in the house had to help out.
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If I were in the middle of some kind of legal issue, I would get in my car and drive to Fenway. I'd get to the game early and sit in my seats and say, 'I'm home, I'm happy, and I love it here.' It was my therapy.
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I was getting paid to be involved with what I loved more than anything on earth: clothes.
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I made $2.58 an hour, and I spent it all on clothes.
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Not a huge fan of exaggerated, big silhouettes.
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I want to build a great raincoat.
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A red tie is contrary to the dignity of the tie and of male dress in general.
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After all those years in the business, I asked myself, 'Am I really any good? Or am I only good because I'm with good people - a Murray Pearlstein, a Ralph Lauren?
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