Tom Ford quotes

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer, filmmaker, and entrepreneur renowned for his influence on luxury fashion. His creative direction at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent revitalized both brands and set new trends. He continues to leave a significant mark in both the fashion and film industries. Here are 99 of his quotes:

I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. My life has taken some turns and changes that I didn't anticipate, and it has brought me different things. I thought material things would bring me happiness, which they didn't. But through this, I have learned what things are important and what aren't. (Tom Ford)
I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends. View quote
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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. View quote
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Advertising is, of course, important because advertise is the final design. It's the last layer that speaks to the customer, that tells them what you have. View quote
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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. View quote
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From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important. View quote
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Everyday is one less day. View quote
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I believe in a parallel universe of image and fantasy that isn't so much fantasy as it is forever sealed in films and things that have entertained us for years. This parallel universe has influenced me perhaps even more than the real world or the physical world. Because when I think of certain things, like a beautiful woman, its most likely someone I saw on film... these are things I've been taking from film or television and applying it to real life. View quote
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You can only make the slit so much higher, the stiletto so much taller. View quote
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... style without substance is nothing, the substance in the story was the most important thing. Of course, there is a layer of style. If I were a director working in a different era, I would have had to be at MGM. I don't think I'd probably know how to make anything but enhanced reality, because that's what comes naturally to me. View quote
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I love black dresses. I think everyone should own a lot, but black dresses don't sell online because on the computer they don't read like anything. (Tom Ford)
I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable. View quote
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Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature. View quote
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I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy. View quote
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As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best. View quote
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I was not popular. I was the kid in school that was bullied. View quote
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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. View quote
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L.A. is my American city. View quote
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The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that. View quote
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British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level. View quote
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Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially. (Tom Ford)
I don't do shows. I don't have reviews. I'm not putting the clothes on every celebrity so that by the time they reach the store the customers are sick of seeing them. View quote
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I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion. View quote
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Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever. View quote
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I went to a fashion show, and this silver-haired guy was staring at me with these piercing water-blue eyes. It scared me because I absolutely saw and knew my entire future. View quote
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Tom Ford - Image
Photo: nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Designer
Born: August 27, 1961
Quotes count: 99
Wikipedia: Tom Ford

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