We buy and sell goods. We buy low and sell higher – that’s what we all do to make a profit. But I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and – very important – knows how to run a business, knows the numbers. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In a business, you have a vision, and you follow the vision. You have to execute. And then you have to learn how to run a good business. And I think if you look at the characteristics of any successful fashion business, it’s all about that. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
I think I was the youngest, fastest-promoted buyer in the history of Bloomingdale’s. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
If you don’t care about the lapel or the buttons or the fit, then you are doing a disservice to the consumer. We’re all inside the tunnel, speaking the language of business, but we need to speak the language of customers. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
I didn’t like the name ‘personal shopper.’ That makes it sound like too much of a commodity and not personal enough. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
Gap was essentially the American wardrobe that was well-priced, and it was attractive, and it was happy, and it had great color, and it has jeans, and I think we did the same with Old Navy. And I think we do the same with J.Crew at a much higher level, Madewell at another level. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
When I was young in the business, I felt anything I wanted to buy personally and professionally was always too expensive. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
If you get someone right out of college – and I meet a lot of them – you’re not going to get a lot of experience at all, so you have to feel the ambition and desire, which is based on a lot of factors. Mickey Drexler Read Quote
