Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.
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 am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
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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 have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a ‘Tom Ford’ jacket? What do I believe in?
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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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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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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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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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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If I were straight and I were trying to seduce a woman, I could do it just by standing up at the table when she came back from the bathroom. It works. Every time I do that, all the straight men are sitting at the table and their wives are kicking them. “Look at that!” “You never do that for me!”
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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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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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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It’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
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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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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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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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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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I’m a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I’ve always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well
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Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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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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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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I know one day I’ll be irrelevant. No matter how hard you try there is a cultural moment, but eventually that window’s gone, your time on Earth is finished, and you might as well leave. I could absolutely die tomorrow – I would not care. I feel like I’ve lived, I feel like I’ve had a great life.
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