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.
TOM FORDA 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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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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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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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Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
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I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
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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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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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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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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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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 do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people.
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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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