A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.
TOM FORDI 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.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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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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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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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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Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They’re meditative. I have three a day.
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France? I don’t want to be anti-French but there isn’t a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
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I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
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On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.
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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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Every season, really, has their own chemistry.
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You have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
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People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
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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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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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