Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
TOM FORDNever, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
TOM FORDI 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.
TOM FORDI thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
TOM FORDIf 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!”
TOM FORDI suppose, yes, I’ve been guilty of provocation but it’s also just common sense marketing – put a bottle of scent in a woman’s cleavage, or between her thighs – and men will notice.
TOM FORDMy goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
TOM FORDIf 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.
TOM FORDI am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
TOM FORDOnly hire people you want to have dinner with.
TOM FORDI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
TOM FORDWhen 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.
TOM FORDPerfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
TOM FORDStyle 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.
TOM FORDBoth film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
TOM FORDI’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
TOM FORDStyle 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.
TOM FORD