I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
TOM FORDI am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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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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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
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You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
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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 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.
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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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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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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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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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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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I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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I 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.
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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
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The Gucci woman – you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman – she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first.
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