It’s funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don’t think anyone wants to walk down the street and feel vulnerable. You want to walk down the street and feel like you’re in control.
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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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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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In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?
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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 probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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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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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 one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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I’m a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I’ve always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.
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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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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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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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