Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
TOM FORDI don’t wear a lot of color. In fact, I don’t actually like color on myself. I love color but it’s very challenging, it’s very powerful, it can overpower you. I think if my eyes were closed and someone put a red jacket on me, I would be able to feel that it was red. I don’t feel great in color.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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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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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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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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It’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.
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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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Style 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.
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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 know one day I’ll be irrelevant. No matter how hard you try there is a cultural moment, but eventually that window’s gone, your time on Earth is finished, and you might as well leave. I could absolutely die tomorrow – I would not care. I feel like I’ve lived, I feel like I’ve had a great life.
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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