I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
TOM FORDFashion 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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Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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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 believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don’t really need to have New Year’s resolutions.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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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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I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people.
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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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Everyday is one less day.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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She needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she’ll be perfect.
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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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