Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
TOM FORDYou have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a ‘Tom Ford’ jacket? What do I believe in?
More Tom Ford Quotes
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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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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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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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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You 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.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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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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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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Everyday is one less day.
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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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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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If I’m sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don’t know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, ‘What should I do?’ So it’s meditative.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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When 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.
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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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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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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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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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