At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
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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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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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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I think people are sick of trends changing every six months – not because we’re tired of them, but just for the sake of change. There is so much junk in the world: junk TV, junk movies, all those junk magazines with the same people on the cover.
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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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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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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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I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
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I’m a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.
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I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.
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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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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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Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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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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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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