Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
TOM FORDStyle for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.
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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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I’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.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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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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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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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.
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.
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On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.
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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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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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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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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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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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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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I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.
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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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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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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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I think that they haven’t been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
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As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.
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