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"FacebookPinterest\n\nGrab the paper bag closest to you and start breathing because, yes, that is one '70s-era Nick Wooster. Even back then, as a high school senior, the influential menswear figure knew how to flex his threads in front of the lens, rocking a rig that's a bit more Sears catalog than Comme des Gar&amp;amp;#xE7;ons. Wooster, also known as one of the nicest gents in menswear, kindly offered up the image to our pals at (capsule) to run alongside co-founder Minya Quirk's interview with him. After the jump, an excerpt of their talk that includes Wooster's take on his haters, his favorite shops right now, and that high school wardrobe.\n\n\n\nQuirk: Let's talk about you. Do you have Google alerts of your name set on your phone?\n\n Wooster: Yes.\n\nQuirk: Are you the Kim Kardashian of menswear? What's with all the commenters on pictures of or articles about you? I'm sure it's flattering. But weird, no? Does it make you crazy?\n\n Wooster: The comments have been heinous lately. I recognize that to someone who doesn't know my history, maybe I seem like this guy who gets dressed up for the internet. In some ways I get it, but it bothers me that anyone would think that I'm all about getting my picture taken. I sleep at night because I know I'm qualified to oversee creative direction and get product made. 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.\n\nQuirk: How did you nurture your personal style? (This is a really lame question, I'm sorry.)\n\n Wooster: I mean this when I say it, I didn't do anything. 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. If you keep buying stuff that you love, eventually you're going to have a wardrobe, or a garden-I always make this garden analogy, but of course I don't garden-that is really beautiful. I'll never forget my transition from pleated pants to plain front pants, it was the late 80s. I couldn't get rid of those pleated pants fast enough. I didn't have the means to do it all at once, so I wore one pair of tropical weight wool grey pants with everything. You could say I'm doing the same thing now with drop crotch pants. It's like, 'oh shit, how am I gonna get some more of these quicker!'\n\nQuirk: What were you wearing in high school?\n\n Wooster: It was the 70s. I don't need to say much. Those photo printed shirts, there's a reason why a nylon shirt is not comfortable; they don't wear well. I did a little of that, but I got with the religion of preppy, or classic dressing pretty early on. I worked at a clothing store in my hometown of Salina, Kansas as a junior in high school. It was called Joseph P. Roth and Sons Clothiers, the nicest store in town. While I always had some inherent sense of what looked good, they helped shape my wardrobe back then; I wore Gant shirts, Trafalgar belts and chinos all through high school.\n\nQuirk: Ok so let's talk retail right now-what's good out there?\n\n Wooster: My top three favorite stores are all on the West coast right now. Unionmade in San Francisco, Union and RTH in LA.\n\nQuirk: Todd is killing it at Unionmade. I can't believe how good it is.\n\n Wooster: He's so good and so nice. It's the secret sauce of menswear-everyone is really nice. Which is totally different from other parts of the business. I love it. Chris at Union in LA too. He's just an amazing merchant who has his finger on a bunch of different things and it's an interesting mix. Rene at RTH, it's the same idea but he makes most of his stuff. All three of them are the nicest guys. I also love Nepenthes in NY, they do an amazing job. Daike and the team were so good to me, when we have collaborated. I think HW Carter is great. Carson Street Clothiers, too. Brian again, such a nice guy that I am so impressed by.\n\nQuirk: Last three (or so) purchases.\n\n Wooster: I bought the Ovadia and Sons blue shorts with bleach stains on them, at Carson Street. I bought both the Celine AND the Undercover haircalf leopard-printed slip on sneakers. And four pairs of Rick Owens pants.\n\nQuirk: You're a free man! What's your next dream job?\n\n Wooster: Something all my own.\n\nCheck out Wooster's entire interview in Capsule's latest newsletter, No. 6, available for download here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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