Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
TOM FORDOnly hire people you want to have dinner with.
TOM FORDI am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person.
TOM FORDYou 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.
TOM FORDIf I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
TOM FORDI’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.
TOM FORDI 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.
TOM FORDAs 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.
TOM FORDFrom the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
TOM FORDThe 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.
TOM FORDI think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
TOM FORDI’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.
TOM FORDI am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
TOM FORDMy goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
TOM FORDThe world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
TOM FORDWhen you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
TOM FORDI think that they haven’t been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
TOM FORD