Tom Ford Quotes

You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.

Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality.

Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.

Choose your team carefully. So much of your success is due to the people who you surround yourself with. Your friends, your family, and the people that you work with -- they all play an important role in inspiring you and supporting you and giving you stability. These are the people in your life who will be honest with you.

Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

If I'm having a bad day I put on the very best thing I have. I polish my shoes, I shine everything up, because that helps me get though the day. It helps me, you know, it's in a sense armor. It says, okay, I'm a mess inside but you know what, on the outside I'm going to be pulled together, everything is okay.

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.

You have to love what you do to the point that you can't imagine doing anything else with your life.

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.

There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition

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.

Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.

Every season, really, has their own chemistry.

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.

I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.

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.

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

Just because one is spiritual doesn't mean that one doesn't like crocodile, cashmere. We live in a material world. We still experience these things. It doesn't mean to completely disregard them.

You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

What's so wrong with vanity? It's different from narcissism, you know? It's not about admiring yourself-it's about taking pride in your appearance.

My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.

I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.