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" When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. "
Tom Ford
Thought
Going
Actor
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" I don't think fashion has to change every five minutes. I'd like these to be clothes you can wear for a long time - ten, 20 years; pass on to your daughter. Why buy vintage when you can open your own closet! "
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Daughter
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Time
" I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable. "
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Always
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" I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. 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. "
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Stand
I Am
" There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park. "
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You
Wrong
" I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well. "
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Perfection
Striving
Me
" 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
Fashion
Think
Place
" The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos. "
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Might
Only
Place
" Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride. "
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Pride
You
Everything
" 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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Advertising
Design
Important
" In the early Seventies, I had shoulder-length hair, bell-bottom pants, love beads and shirts that laced up at the front. But then I smartened up. "
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Hair
Love
Seventies
" 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. "
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Life
Thought
My Life
" Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature. "
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Known
Beauty
Certain
" As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best. "
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People
Best
Creative
" 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. "
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Love
Think
Black
" My customer has her own sense of style and knows herself well. My goal is to help women become the best version of themselves. "
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Help
Style
Goal
" 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. "
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Character
She
Hair
" What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe. "
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Wardrobe
Use
Zero
" I was not popular. I was the kid in school that was bullied. "
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Popular
School
Bullied
" 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. "
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Back
Good
Lost
" College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity. "
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Political
Activity
College
" I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us. "
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Monogamy
I Think
Us
" Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him. "
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Him
Copy
Take
" On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe. "
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Dog
Want
Live
" I told myself that I would not come back to women's fashion until I felt I had something new to say. I feel that fashion has become too serious and that the actual customer's needs have not really been addressed. Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one's quality of life. "
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Quality
Women
Life
" 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. "
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Think
Clothes
Body
" 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. "
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Woman
Love
Energy
" Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give. "
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You