You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
TOM FORDI think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
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Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.
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When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
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I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy.
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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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In my adult life I’ve understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows in the end.
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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.
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What is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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I suppose, yes, I’ve been guilty of provocation but it’s also just common sense marketing – put a bottle of scent in a woman’s cleavage, or between her thighs – and men will notice.
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I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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