A 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.
TOM FORDIt’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
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’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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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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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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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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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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I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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 probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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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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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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I think people are sick of trends changing every six months – not because we’re tired of them, but just for the sake of change. There is so much junk in the world: junk TV, junk movies, all those junk magazines with the same people on the cover.
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You have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a ‘Tom Ford’ jacket? What do I believe in?
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