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.
TOM FORD
The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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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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People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.
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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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British 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.
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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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Men don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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I think that they haven’t been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
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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.
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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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From the time we’re born until we die, we’re kept busy with artificial stuff that isn’t important.
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If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It’s looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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I suppose, yes, I’ve been guilty of provocation but it’s also just common sense marketing – put a bottle of scent in a woman’s cleavage, or between her thighs – and men will notice.
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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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