110+ Tom Ford Quotes On Stylish, Luxurious And Iconic

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He gained fame as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent and launched his own label, Tom Ford, in 2005. His designs are known for their glamorous and luxurious style and have become popular with celebrities and the public alike. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tom Ford on love, stylish, luxurious.

Top 10 Tom Ford Quotes

1. Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
2. 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.
3. Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.
4. 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.
5. Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
6. Dressing well is a form of good manners.
7. There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition
8. There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.
9. 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.
10. 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.

Tom Ford Short Quotes

• Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
• Dressing well is an expression of manners.
• Oh my God, so many young girls now look like whores!
• When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
• I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.
• What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe.
• Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.
• College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.
• Artists, like yourself, are born with a need to express that's just innate.
• Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.

Tom Ford Quotes About Love

I think there's nothing more painful for anyone than unrequited love. If you've ever had that kind of physical access to someone and then, all of a sudden, that is denied, and yet you're still in love with that person, it's very, very, very painful to be around that person in a certain way. — Tom Ford

The idea of losing someone that you love could throw you into a situation where you could not see your future and you really would be living in the past. — Tom Ford

In my adult life I've understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows in the end. — Tom Ford

In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA? — Tom Ford

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

The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love. — Tom Ford

If you don't need to quit drinking, you shouldn't quit drinking. I used to really love to drink, and especially living in London, it's just built for drinking. — Tom Ford

I don't wear a lot of color. In fact, I don't actually like color on myself. I love color but it's very challenging, it's very powerful, it can overpower you. I think if my eyes were closed and someone put a red jacket on me, I would be able to feel that it was red. I don't feel great in color. — Tom Ford

For Fleur de Chine, I imagined the romantic and mysterious women from Asia's cinematic past-from the '30s femme fatale in a cheongsam and dark lipstick, to the'60s Hong Kong heroine of In the Mood for Love. I wanted to capture that fascinating, exquisite and slightly scandalous femininity. — Tom Ford

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion. — Tom Ford

Tom Ford Quotes About Stylish

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

Style. People talk about it being stylish and beautiful, that's at the service of the story. Style for me means nothing without substance and there are moments and things about the film that are stylish but hopefully at the service of the story. — Tom Ford

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

Tom Ford Quotes About Artificial

When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses. — Tom Ford

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us. — Tom Ford

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

Tom Ford Quotes About Designer

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator? — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

I interview these people all the time who come to my office and say, "I want to be a fashion designer." I tell them where they should start, and they say, "I don't want to do that. I don't want to get anyone coffee." Don't they know it is great to get people coffee? — Tom Ford

When I read about young designers selling 51 percent of their company to someone else, I cringe. I want to say, 'Don't do it - call me first.' — Tom Ford

Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look - all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that's what excites me. — Tom Ford

I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at Gucci and Saint Laurent — Tom Ford

Maybe it's because I'm a designer, but when I am in a state of excitement, everything is so sharp and colorful and amazing, and I can look at blue and I see the yellow in it and the green in it, and the green-blues, the yellow-blues, so. — Tom Ford

I'm a fashion designer. What I do is artistic, but I'm not an artist because everything I do is destined to be sold. That's not to say that you can't be an artist and a fashion designer. I think some designers are artists. — Tom Ford

I don't want to find myself designing for the press. — Tom Ford

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

Tom Ford Quotes About Fashion

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. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

Fashion is, after all, a form of escapism, and in fact people are buying more special things than ever, nowadays. They deny and deny themselves, and wait and wait, and then they get sick of it and spend to make themselves feel better. — Tom Ford

Women are objectified in our culture. And more and more, it takes a great deal of confidence, especially as a woman, to break the mold. You know, you're afraid that you're going to covered in a magazine as a "fashion don't." That's why you see all these girls on the red carpet looking the same. — Tom Ford

Fashion is harder than the film industry. You have to constantly be able to crank out hit after hit after hit on demand and on a very tight calendar. I've come back, I've lost it, I've come back again. It's really as good as your last collection. — Tom Ford

I think people who are compelled to achieve never really think they've achieved... I think the moment you get to a place when you think 'Oh I'm a fashion legend' then that's when you're no longer competitive in your field. — Tom Ford

France? I don't want to be anti-French but there isn't a more unattractive group of people on the streets. — Tom Ford

I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity. — Tom Ford

The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar. — 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. — Tom Ford

Tom Ford Quotes About World

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. — Tom Ford

The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world. — Tom Ford

I think people are sick of trends changing every six months - not because we're tired of them, but just for the sake of change. There is so much junk in the world: junk TV, junk movies, all those junk magazines with the same people on the cover. — Tom Ford

I try to be nice, I try to respect other people, but over the years I've learned that all this stuff we do is a bunch of crap. That doesn't mean it doesn't have its place. We are living in a material world, so why not live with something beautiful? — Tom Ford

I'm very aware that when my friends and I sit around over dinner these days, the conversation invariably turns to how crass the world has become. Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever. — Tom Ford

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

We are living in a material world, so why not live with something beautiful? — Tom Ford

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that. — Tom Ford

Tom Ford Famous Quotes And Sayings

Just like girls need to learn to be comfortable in heels before they go out in them for the first time, a man should try wearing a suit throughout a normal day. I do most things in a suit-and sometimes even in a tuxedo-and so I'm really comfortable in one. — Tom Ford

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level. — Tom Ford

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. — 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. — Tom Ford

You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person. — Tom Ford

I am tired of the cult of youth. The cultural rejection of old age, the stigmatization of wrinkles, grey hair, of bodies furrowed by the years. I am fascinated by Diana Vreeland, Georgia O’Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, women who have let time embrace them without ever cheating. Society today condemns this, me, I celebrate it. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

There's a different kind of comfort that comes from knowing that you are putting your best foot forward. It's called psychological comfort. Look at a picture of the Coney Island boardwalk in 1925. Men were in full-on three-piece suits, hats. They may have only had one suit. But they pressed it. They made it look as good as possible. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment. — 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. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

Part of my family were ranchers. So you were expected to be quite macho. You weren't expected to cry. I was the exact opposite of that. — 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. — Tom Ford

I suppose, yes, I've been guilty of provocation but it's also just common sense marketing - put a bottle of scent in a woman's cleavage, or between her thighs - and men will notice. — 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? — Tom Ford

I am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

If I'm sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don't know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, 'What should I do?' So it's meditative. — Tom Ford

A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you. — Tom Ford

I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive. — 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. — Tom Ford

I'm extremely organized. The more things I have to work on and can bounce back and forth between, the more energized I am. — Tom Ford

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. I actually studied acting when I was at NYU, and I made a lot of television commercials - that's actually how I put myself through NYU and through college. — 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. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

I hate going out for lunch during a workday because it slows down my pace and ruins my rhythm. I prefer to eat at my desk. Actually, I wander around the design studio with a plate in my hand as I dine on, for example, salmon sashimi and a salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. I often have a bit of dark chocolate after lunch. — Tom Ford

I'm a very serious person. — Tom Ford

A good trick as you get older is to get a thick pair of glasses that have a dark frame. Everything else can droop and slide but that pair of dark glasses stays sharp and crisp. Look at Cary Grant. Look at Vidal Sassoon. — Tom Ford

I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people. — Tom Ford

To me, beauty and sadness are very closely linked. Truly beautiful things make me sad because I know they are going to fade. When I see a beautiful 20-year-old boy or girl-and they are breathtaking-I am filled with a kind of sadness. But maybe they are beautiful because we know they are not permanent and they are in a kind of transition. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

Hips are absolutely key to every shape I do, because whatever you do at the top or bottom, you want to keep it slim and narrow on the hips. One thing is for certain: No one, man or woman, wants big hips. — Tom Ford

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. — Tom Ford

If I were straight and I were trying to seduce a woman, I could do it just by standing up at the table when she came back from the bathroom. It works. Every time I do that, all the straight men are sitting at the table and their wives are kicking them. "Look at that!" "You never do that for me!" — 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 probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well — Tom Ford

It's like everything in your life is wonderful, but you have so much wonderful - this is all going to sound horrible - but when you have so much wonderful, it isn't wonderful because you don't actually have time to enjoy it. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. The spirit of Beau Brummell is still visible. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable. — 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. — Tom Ford

I realized that the way I approached architecture was with a somewhat fashion brain. That didn't get me very good marks in school, because everyone thought fashion was lightweight. In architecture they say, "Well, why is the door pink? Where does it go? What does the pink mean? What does it symbolize? All the other doors are beige, why is that one pink?" I was like, "Well, it's pink because it's pretty." — Tom Ford

I suppose everything I do has sexual undertones, but I don't set out to make everything about sex. My clothes are more about sensuality. What I do is dress and beautify the body. My feeling is, if you have something beautiful, then show it. — Tom Ford

I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. — Tom Ford

Fashion is very quick. It's very disposable. It's immediately - it tells you exactly where we are in our culture, especially women's fashion. — Tom Ford

Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever. — Tom Ford

I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid. — Tom Ford

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature. — Tom Ford

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. — Tom Ford

Give me the control, don't ever come on the set, and I'll show it to you when it's cut. — Tom Ford

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

It's really never fair to judge people because none of us know what's going on inside anyone else's head. — 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 worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do. — Tom Ford

Yes, I still take my baths all day long. They're meditative. I have three a day. — Tom Ford

Life Lessons by Tom Ford

1. Tom Ford's work emphasizes the importance of taking risks and pushing boundaries to create something unique and memorable.
2. He also highlights the power of strong branding, as he has been able to build a successful fashion empire around his own name.
3. Finally, his success is a testament to the value of hard work, dedication and an unwavering commitment to excellence.