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?
TOM FORDMen don’t wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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What is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
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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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What is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
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I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don’t really need to have New Year’s resolutions.
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You 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.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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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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You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
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