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.
TOM FORDYou have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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It’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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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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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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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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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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France? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
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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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People 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.
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In my adult life I’ve understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows in the end.
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You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
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In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?
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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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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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What’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.
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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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