The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
TOM FORDThe seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
TOM FORDWhat is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
TOM FORDI 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.
TOM FORDGlamour 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.
TOM FORDFrom the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
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 FORDI 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.
TOM FORDAt home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
TOM FORDEveryday is one less day.
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 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 FORDIt’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 FORDEvery season, really, has their own chemistry.
TOM FORDWhat’s so wrong with vanity? It’s different from narcissism, you know? It’s not about admiring yourself-it’s about taking pride in your appearance.
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.
TOM FORDIt’s really never fair to judge people because none of us know what’s going on inside anyone else’s head.
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