Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
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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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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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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Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look – all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that’s what excites me.
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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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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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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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Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
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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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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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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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You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
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Dressing well is a form of good manners.
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