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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

Tom Ford

From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
TOM FORD

Born Busy Death Deep Important Philosophy Time
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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Design Domination Ego Goal Home Job Myself Perfection Way World
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.
TOM FORD

Advertisement Face Myself Power Thinking Understand Walk
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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Audience Business Fashion Movie See Work
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.
TOM FORD

Age Beautiful Control Funny Hard Live Thinking Tough Vulnerable Walk Yourself
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.
TOM FORD

Challenge Clothes Color Fashion Feeling Greatness Myself Power Thinking
Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
TOM FORD

Company Food People Yourself
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.
TOM FORD

Meditation Myself Stress Wound
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.
TOM FORD

Direction Drama Expectation Myself
I’m a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I’ve always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.
TOM FORD

Believe Destiny Fate Kind Learning Listening Myself
The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
TOM FORD

Earth Place Run World
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.
TOM FORD

Believe Fear Myself Stop
Dressing well is a form of good manners.
TOM FORD

Appearance Clothes Fashion Goodness One Liner
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.
TOM FORD

Character Development Expression Identity Myself Style Work
You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
TOM FORD

Engagement Passionate World Yourself
Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
TOM FORD

Fingers Make Up Place Sex Woman Yourself

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