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.
TOM FORDI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
More Tom Ford Quotes
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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Fashion 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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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
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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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I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive.
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When 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.
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I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy.
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You have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a ‘Tom Ford’ jacket? What do I believe in?
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I 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.
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When 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.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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I 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.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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You have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
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If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
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I 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.
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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.
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From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
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A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
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What 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.
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You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
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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 don’t believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.
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