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.
TOM FORDYou have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
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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I don’t wear a lot of color. In fact, I don’t actually like color on myself. I love color but it’s very challenging, it’s very powerful, it can overpower you. I think if my eyes were closed and someone put a red jacket on me, I would be able to feel that it was red. I don’t feel great in color.
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I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people.
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Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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I don’t believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.
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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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From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
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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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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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France? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
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I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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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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