I made $2.58 an hour, and I spent it all on clothes.

I was getting paid to be involved with what I loved more than anything on earth: clothes.

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.

The trademark Joseph Abboud style is the man first and the clothes second. The guy's the star. Everything else is a supporting actor.

I always loved clothes. I grew up in a blue-collar family, but I loved old movies and seeing all those dashing leading men.

It's great to wave the flag - I always say we're proud to be made in America - but I think our distinction is we make it well in America.