You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
TOM FORDI am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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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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At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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I’m a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.
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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It’s looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.
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Fashion 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.
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What’s so wrong with vanity? It’s different from narcissism, you know? It’s not about admiring yourself-it’s about taking pride in your appearance.
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If I’m sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don’t know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, ‘What should I do?’ So it’s meditative.
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I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.
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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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