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.
TOM FORDI 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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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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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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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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France? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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As 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.
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Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’
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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.
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On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.
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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 thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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