When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
TOM FORDWhen the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
TOM FORDOn the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.
TOM FORDWhat 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.
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 FORDFrance? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
TOM FORDAt home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom – but I have them tailored.
TOM FORDThe world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos.
TOM FORDI am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.
TOM FORDReal fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
TOM FORDThe seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
TOM FORDI think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.
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.
TOM FORDEveryday is one less day.
TOM FORDShe needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she’ll be perfect.
TOM FORDIf 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.
TOM FORDWhat’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