Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
TOM FORDPeople 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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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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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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If 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!”
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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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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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British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.
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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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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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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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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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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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I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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