People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
TOM FORDPeople always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
TOM FORDAt home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
TOM FORDWhen the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
TOM FORDI’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
TOM FORDI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
TOM FORDI’m very direct. I don’t have tantrums. I don’t yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.
TOM FORDBoth film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
TOM FORDI’m a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I’ve always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.
TOM FORDI think that they haven’t been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
TOM FORDFashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look – all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that’s what excites me.
TOM FORDYou have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
TOM FORDI thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
TOM FORDI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
TOM FORDDressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
TOM FORDThe Gucci woman – you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman – she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first.
TOM FORDA film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
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