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.
TOM FORDWhen the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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It’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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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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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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Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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The Gucci woman – you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman – she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first.
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A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
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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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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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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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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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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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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 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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