Tom Ford Quotes

I like being done up! I love going to events and wearing fabulous gowns. I like hitting that spot of doing what feels good for me. If it makes other people happy, great; if it doesn't, then that's great, too!

The fashion world has always been part of my life.

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.

I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy. I don't speak for such huge and diverse groups. What I've tried to do, what I've been fortunate to do, is to live my live and create my life as I've wanted to create it.

I think that fashion is industrial, whereas style is ideological. So they're not necessarily connected.

We all tell our own stories the way we live our lives. My story is: Life is too short to not believe in fresh voices. I don't have Hollywood stars. I have great American artists.

The minute I'm off that stage, I try to get as 'me' as possible. I do that by piling on my black eyeliner, and I put on my ripped tights. Dressing like myself again helps.

Clothes should be as interesting on the inside as on the outside. Even if you enjoy it totally alone, it's important.

I'm such a strong believer in making yourself happy. Almost in a selfish way. There are a lot of trends, and obviously you can get swept up into them. But I feel like if you just write songs you love, it can have trap beats in it or whatever's going on in the moment, but you don't stop loving songs.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending my time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous.

My wife taught me the importance of living well.

It's different for different people, and for a woman it's important to look as good she wants to look. But you don't need to do it for someone else or to impress some male out there. You do it for your own sake. You wear what makes you feel good, you put make-up and jewellery - whatever gives you self-confidence.

I had to find my own language in jewelry. That was important to me; it really had to be what I would love to have myself.

Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.

I wear what I feel and what makes me feel happy.

If I were to live in Africa, serving the poor, the number-one thing I'd miss wouldn't be running water or electricity - it would be style... being able to get dressed up and feel beautiful.

Being a grown-up woman doesn't mean you can't look beautiful, individual and different.

I always say that women should wear whatever makes them feel good about themselves. That's what I always try to do.

My approach to beauty is all about moods. If you want to feel sexy, if you want to feel feminine or, I don't know, boyish - it's all about how you feel at that point in time. My mood changes.

Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood.

I like to try new looks and new haircuts. It's part of who I am.

Not everyone can look the same, so as long as you look the best that you can look and you feel good, that's all that matters.

Designers have a reputation for setting the tone for what people - and especially women - are supposed to wear. How long their skirts should be, things like that. I have a different philosophy: put something out there with humour; let people see that and come around to it on their own.