L.A. is my American city. Tom Ford More Quotes by Tom Ford More Quotes From 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. Tom Ford stores clothes sick My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She'd swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great. Tom Ford grandmother beautiful character 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. Tom Ford calm deals long 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. Tom Ford beautiful culture world 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. Tom Ford shoes girlfriend spiritual You always notice a facelift on a woman. It's a tightness around the ears, and the scar is usually inside the ears. If I suspect it's been done, I usually move around until I can see it. But with a man, it actually pulls your beard and your sideburns back, and that's what's so strange. Tom Ford beard men moving It's really about putting that sort of quality and beauty back into our life. Tom Ford our-lives quality When I am on my deathbed, I don't think I will be thinking about a nice pair of shoes I had or my beautiful house. I am going to be thinking about an evening I spent with somebody when I was twenty where I felt that I was just absolutely connected to them. Tom Ford nice beautiful thinking 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. Tom Ford style appreciate america There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip. It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a woman's whole look. Tom Ford accessories focus perfect I swore that I wouldn't be one of those parents who leaves a Bugaboo pram parked in the communal entry hall. Well guess what, ours is there right now. Tom Ford prams wells parent I like to just have fun and be silly and say pretty much whatever comes into my mind, do pretty much whatever I want. Tom Ford mind silly fun London is one of the few cities where people still dress properly and fashion exists. Every day I see women who've thought about their outfits. They've picked out the bag, put on proper shoes. ... Do you know how rare it is in parts of America to actually see 'an outfit'? France? I don't want to be anti-French but there isn't a more unattractive group of people on the streets. Tom Ford shoes fashion cities 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. Tom Ford spoiled comfort littles 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. Tom Ford finals design important 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. Tom Ford fashion voice love-is 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. Tom Ford connections important people Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride. Tom Ford funny-things pride names 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. Tom Ford cutting people thinking British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level. Tom Ford style levels men
