Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
TOM FORDIn 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?
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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 thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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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 find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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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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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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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition.
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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 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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The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
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It’s really never fair to judge people because none of us know what’s going on inside anyone else’s head.
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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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