I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
TOM FORDWhen I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive.
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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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She needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she’ll be perfect.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.
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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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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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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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I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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I don’t wear a lot of color. In fact, I don’t actually like color on myself. I love color but it’s very challenging, it’s very powerful, it can overpower you. I think if my eyes were closed and someone put a red jacket on me, I would be able to feel that it was red. I don’t feel great in color.
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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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I 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.
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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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