I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.
TOM FORDFrom the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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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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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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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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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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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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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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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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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I’m very direct. I don’t have tantrums. I don’t yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.
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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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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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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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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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I think that they haven’t been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
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