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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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People Always Ask Me

Tom Ford

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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 Is Very Different From Fashion. Once You Find Something That Works, Keep It.

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I Thought I Was Fabulous And Everyone Else Was Stupid.

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The Most Important Thing Is To Cleanse And Moisturise Your Face Twice A Day. Use Eye Drops. If Your Eyes Are White, You Look Healthy; You Look Fresh. Every Man Should Have A Magnifying Mirror. If You Look Good Magnified, You Are Set To Go.

Yes, I Still Take My Baths All Day Long. They're Meditative. I Have Three A Day.

We've Become A Little Spoiled With Menswear In Particular Because, Of Course, We've Come Off A Period In The '70s And '80s When Armani, Which Is Very Soft, Dominated Menswear. And We've Become Obsessed With Comfort. I Actually Don't Like That.

I Was The Sensitive, Shy Kid That Was Teased A Lot. I Was Very Definitely Bullied. I Mean, From An Early Age, I Dressed More Like An Adult, You Know, Jackets And Very Slim Trousers And A Raincoat. And I - Even When I Was 7, 8, 9-years-old, Carried An Attache Case To School Because I Just Hated The Sloppiness Of A Book Bag.

The Gucci Woman - You Know What She’s After. The Saint Laurent Woman - She’s Going To Torture You A Little Bit. You Might Have Sex, But She Will Drip A Little Hot Wax On You First.

If You're At The Oscars, There's Not A Man On That Red Carpet Who Is Not Wearing Make-up. Most Straight Actors I Know Get Quite Used To It. Even When They Go Out In Real Life They Grab Some Sort Of Bronzer And They Throw It On. They Dye Their Eyebrows, They Dye Their Lashes - They Know The Tricks.

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We Live In A Material World. I'm Not Saying That Beautiful Things Don't Enhance Our Lives. But, In Our Culture, We're Never Happy.

I Love Fashion. What I Love Is The Ability To Express Yourself, To Be Able To Make A Product And Shoot An Ad Campaign That Tosses You Out Into The World And Lets You Have A Voice In Contemporary Culture, Iconography. I Felt A Little Bit Neutered Not Having That Voice.

I Am A Spiritual Person In An Eastern Religion Kind Of Way. I Learned That Happiness For All Of Us Is A Switch That You Flick In Your Brain. It Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Getting A New House, A New Car, A New Girlfriend, Or A New Pair Of Shoes. Our Culture Is Very Much About That; We Are Never Happy With What We Have Today.

We Have To Have Genius Creative Thoughts Precisely Four Times A Year And On Exact Dates. I Actually Write Them On My Calendar. I Write, 'friday, Nov. 8. Three O'clock. Have A Genius Creative Idea.'

I Am Actually Extremely Casual In Certain Environments. But One Of The Reasons I Like Living In London, I Like The Formality Of It, As Compared To The Formality Of America - Or Informality. I Like Putting On A Suit. I Like Putting On A Tie.

I Think That Monogamy Is Artificial. I Do Not Think It's Something That Comes Naturally To Us.

Dressing Well Is A Form Of Good Manners.

I'm A Natural-born Boss, I Have To Say. I Just Like To Be Good At Things. Even As A Child, I Was Boss Of My Family.

College Campuses Were Once A Hotbed Of Political Activity.

From The Time We're Born Until We Die, We're Kept Busy With Artificial Stuff That Isn't Important.

My Real Life’s Not Like The Fantasy Tom Ford World – With Naked Girls Pouring Perfume Everywhere. It’s More Staying In And Watching Friends On Television.

Film Is An Incredible Way To Express Yourself And Your Vision, As Is Fashion, But You Have To Make Sure [to] Be Confident And Honest And True To Yourself And Say Something That Means Something, Because That Is Really The Point Of Any Art.

Bill Sofield Has The Ability To Understand The Architecture Of A Space And How To Utilize It In The Most Beautiful Way. He Can Create Completely Different Styles For His Clients Based On Who They Are And What Their Taste Is. Our Efforts Have Always Been Collaborative, And I Value What He Brings To The Table Architecturally And Aesthetically.

I Love New York. It's Given Me So Much As A Designer. When I Moved Here, I Wanted To Tap Into The Glamour Of The City Immediately. More Than Anywhere Else, New York Offers Itself Up - You Arrive And Get A Rush In A Flash. It's Dazzling. Everywhere You Look, There Is Decoration, From A Pair Of Jewel-encrusted Shoes In The Window In Bergdorf Goodman To The Chrysler Building. And New York Is Incredibly Democratic. Everyone Is Packed Into This Tiny Space. You Are Confronted With All Manner Of People, And I Love That.

I Was Not Popular. I Was The Kid In School That Was Bullied.

If You Are A Designer, Sometimes It Is Better Not To Delegate, Because Someone Pays Money For Something That You Designed, So It Should Be Exactly The Way You Want It, Exactly The Way You Would Have Chosen It. People Call Me A Control Freak, And I Say, "well, My Name Is On The Shoe." It Means The Heel Needs To Be The Way I Want It And Not The Way Somebody Else Wants It, And The Toe Needs To Be Exactly The Way I Want It, And The Fabric And The Material Have To Be Exactly The Way I Want It. It Is Not A Democracy - It Is A Dictatorship.

I Believe In Living Life The Way That You Want To Live It Every Day, And If You Do That, You Don't Really Need To Have New Year's Resolutions.

I Haven't Had Any Plastic Surgery - Despite What People Think, This Is My Nose. I Have Had Restylane And Botox, But I Don't Think Of That As Plastic Surgery Any More.

I Was Bullied Every Day At School Because I Carried A Briefcase. I Could Have Left It At Home. But I Thought It Looked Great! I Didn't Understand Why Anyone Else Didn't Think So.

What Works With Your Skin And Eyes? Use That To Zero In On Your Wardrobe.

Dressing Well Is A Kind Of Good Manners, If You Ask Me. When You're Standing In A Room, Your Effect Is The Same As A Chair's Effect, Or A Sculpture's. You're Part Of Someone's View, You're Part Of That World, And So You Should Dress Well. I Find It's A Show Of Respect To Try To Put On Your Best Face And Look As Good As You Can.

If I Was Ever Going To Become A Good Designer, I Had To Leave America. My Own Culture Was Inhibiting Me. Too Much Style In America Is Tacky. It's Looked Down Upon To Be Too Stylish. Europeans, However, Appreciate Style.

When I Was Young, I Wanted To Be A Movie Star. But I Realized That You Have No Control Being An Actor. So I Went To Architecture School In Nyc, Because I Was Crazy About Buildings. Then I Began To Realize That I Got More Excited About Vogue Coming Out Each Month Than I Was About My Projects.

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.

I Am Not A Person Who Is About Reality. I Am About Enhanced Reality.

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.

This Sounds Crazy, But I Know So Many Famous People, I'm Just Not Intimidated By Anyone. I Feel Really Comfortable With It.

L.a. Is My American City.

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A Lot Of People Think A High Armhole Is Restrictive, But It Gives You Total Movement Because It's Cut Right Up To Your Arm.

Banking Types Should Take Their Cue From Gordon Gekko. Or Pick The Best-looking Banker In Their Firm And Copy Him.

I'm Extremely Organized. The More Things I Have To Work On And Can Bounce Back And Forth Between, The More Energized I Am.

I'm A Pretty Calm Person. That Came From Living In Italy For A Long Time. Nothing Works, Nothing Is On Time. You Have To Learn To Deal With It.

When You Write A Character And Their Dialogue, You Can't Help Imagining How You Would Be Acting If You Were Them. You Kind Of Have To Relate To All Of Them. It's The Most Personal Thing I've Ever Done.

I Don't Work For Money Any Longer. I Work For Pride.

It's Hard Not To Be Sexy In A Pair Of High Heels.

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.

I Told Myself That I Would Not Come Back To Women's Fashion Until I Felt I Had Something New To Say. I Feel That Fashion Has Become Too Serious And That The Actual Customer's Needs Have Not Really Been Addressed. Fashion Needs To Make One Happy. It Is A Luxury And Should Enhance One's Quality Of Life.

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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