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.
TOM FORDI 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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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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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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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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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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Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
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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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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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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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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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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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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 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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