I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
TOM FORDFrance? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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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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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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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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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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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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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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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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