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107 Insightful Quotes By Tom Ford For The Fashionista In You

Famous As: Fashion Designer & Founder of His Eponymous Luxury Brand 'Tom Ford'
Born On: August 27, 1961
Born In: Austin, Texas, United States
Age: 62 Years
Tom Ford is a celebrated American fashion designer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is the man behind converting ‘Gucci’ into a desirable luxurious brand across the globe. The flamboyant touch and uncompromising style that he gave to all his designs caught the eye of fashionistas especially from Hollywood. Before making his debut as a fashion designer, Ford studied art history and architecture in order to pursue his passion for acting. However, after graduating he got a chance to work with Cathy Hardwick, an American designer. He worked for a few years with different American designers and then thought of moving to European fashion. Once he relocated to Milan, he was positioned as the chief of International brand Gucci. Within no time Ford cemented his position in the fashion fraternity forever. Besides being famous for turning the fate of ‘Gucci, Ford is also renowned for his fashion label, ‘Tom Ford’. Here is a corpus of thoughts and opinions which are quoted frequently by people that Tom has expressed about fashion, style, clothes, designing and more. Scroll further to read the most notable quotes and thoughts by Tom Ford.
Everyday is one less day.

Everyday is one less day.

Tom Ford
From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

Tom Ford
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 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.

Tom Ford
I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well.

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well.

Tom Ford

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

When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product. So when a woman is sifting through a rack of clothes, somehow that piece of clothing that you had so much fun designing speaks to her; she responds to it and buys it. I believe you can actually transfer that energy to material things as you're creating them.

Tom Ford
I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it.

I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it.

Tom Ford
When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.

When you find somebody good, keep them in your life.

Tom Ford

I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.

Tom Ford

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 couldn't have cared less about Gucci when I first went there - but soon after I arrived, I cared a lot.

I couldn't have cared less about Gucci when I first went there - but soon after I arrived, I cared a lot.

Tom Ford

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

Tom Ford
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.

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.

Tom Ford
It's really never fair to judge people because none of us know what's going on inside anyone else's head.

It's really never fair to judge people because none of us know what's going on inside anyone else's head.

Tom Ford

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.

Tom Ford
I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

Tom Ford
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?

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?

Tom Ford
Dressing well is a form of good manners.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

Tom Ford

I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Puritans. Whether or not the country is now composed of immigrants, our culture as American really begins with the landing of the Pilgrims and a puritanical view of things.

Tom Ford
Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth.

Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth.

Tom Ford
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 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.

Tom Ford
I think you should suffer sometimes to be attractive and beautiful, so I cut the clothes very slim because I like to feel the clothes on my body.

I think you should suffer sometimes to be attractive and beautiful, so I cut the clothes very slim because I like to feel the clothes on my body.

Tom Ford
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.

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
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.

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
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.

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
I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.

I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.

Tom Ford
I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

Tom Ford
A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that.

A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that.

Tom Ford
Part of fashion is newness. It's got to be a new combination of elements that's shocking-stunning-beautiful all at the same time. But it doesn't have any emotion.

Part of fashion is newness. It's got to be a new combination of elements that's shocking-stunning-beautiful all at the same time. But it doesn't have any emotion.

Tom Ford
I have a driver in London because I am slightly dyslexic and cannot drive in the U.K.; after all, the traffic runs the opposite way to that in the United States.

I have a driver in London because I am slightly dyslexic and cannot drive in the U.K.; after all, the traffic runs the opposite way to that in the United States.

Tom Ford