At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
TOM FORDAt home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
TOM FORDI don’t believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.
TOM FORDEvery season, really, has their own chemistry.
TOM FORDI thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
TOM FORDPerfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
TOM FORDTime and silence are the most luxurious things today.
TOM FORDFrom the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
TOM FORDWant girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
TOM FORDStyle 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 FORDDressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
TOM FORDBritish people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.
TOM FORDAs a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.
TOM FORDReal fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
TOM FORDYou can’t fake anything. If you’re honest and true and you love something, and you put that energy into it, people can usually feel it on the other side.
TOM FORDIf I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
TOM FORDThe world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
TOM FORD