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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.

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Stupid, Fabulous

"Tom Ford's Home on the Range". Interview with Lisa Eisner, www.gq.com.au. January 25, 2012.

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She needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she'll be perfect.

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Fashion, Perfect, Needs

"Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2009.

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We do objectify women in our culture. We're starting to objectify men a little bit more. And there is nothing wrong with that. Objectify maybe is the wrong word. Celebrate their bodies and use beautiful men, beautiful women as a tool to get your attention and to sell things. But no-one - we're very, very uncomfortable in our culture with looking at a naked man. You know, naked women are everywhere, selling everything. And again, this is quite sexist. But naked men make us nervous.

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Beautiful, Men, Culture

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

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Men, Thinking, Perfect

"Tom Ford, A Singular Man". Interview with Lisa Eisner, blog.bergdorfgoodman.com. August 23, 2011.

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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.

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Design, Important, Finals

"Tom Ford Unzipped: Interview Transcript". Interview with Tina Brown, www.thedailybeast.com. December 12, 2009.

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Men don't wear fashion any more except in Italy and London. Americans have lost that.

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Fashion, Men, London

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

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Running, Scary, World

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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.

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Beautiful, Fashion, Struggle

Interview with John Currin, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 31, 2011.

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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?

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Believe, Doe, Needs

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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."

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Fashion, School, Mean

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It's funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don't think anyone wants to walk down the street and feel vulnerable. You want to walk down the street and feel like you're in control.

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Thinking, Age, Want

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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.

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Dinner, World, Judgmental

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I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.

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Fashion, Believe, Clothes

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

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Men, Style, Levels

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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

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Inspirational, America, Together

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Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.

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Fashion, Goes On, Behind The Scenes

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Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.

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Kind, Excellent, Manners

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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.

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Fashion, Cities, Shoes

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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.

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America, Appreciate, Style

"Next. Next. What's Next?". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. April 7, 1996.

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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.

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Unrequited Love, Thinking, Kind

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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.

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Jobs, Hate, Thinking

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

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Long, Three, Baths

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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?

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Dna, Trying, Pieces

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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.

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Lying, Thinking, Water

"Tom Ford: fashion's slickest control freak" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2013.

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

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Perfection, Personality, Strive

"The man with the golden touch" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2008.

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"I think that something that people in general forget to do - and it's true, not everyone has the financial means to do this - whatever clothes you buy if you really want them to fit well, you need to have them altered or tailored. And whether you're doing that yourself, whether you're taking it to your drycleaner that has a tailor, you need to alter and tailor everything, whether it's expensive, whether it's, you know, whether it's inexpensive. If you want it to really fit your body, even the best clothes have to be tailored."

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Born: August 27, 1961
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