I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
TOM FORDI am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
TOM FORDYou 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 FORDYou have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
TOM FORDIf I were straight and I were trying to seduce a woman, I could do it just by standing up at the table when she came back from the bathroom. It works. Every time I do that, all the straight men are sitting at the table and their wives are kicking them. “Look at that!” “You never do that for me!”
TOM FORDI think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.
TOM FORDA 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.
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.
TOM FORDThe seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
TOM FORDThe world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
TOM FORDNever, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
TOM FORDEveryday is one less day.
TOM FORDI thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
TOM FORDYou 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 FORDFrom the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
TOM FORDIt’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
TOM FORDWhen 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.
TOM FORD