16 Tom Ford Quotes on Style

Who doesn’t need to be Tom Ford? A vogue design legend and critically acclaimed movie director, there’s little the person can’t do. Final month marked the discharge of his second movie, Nocturnal Animals – a gripping thriller, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal – and if A Single Man, Ford’s BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated debut, is something to go by, it’s set for achievement.

However as spectacular as his current cinematic feats are, Ford’s maybe finest often called an all-round fashion arbiter, and notably for his personal distinctive look consisting of a black swimsuit and crisp white shirt. His fashionable, singular imaginative and prescient in vogue and movie makes Ford the final word fashionable gentleman. So who higher to take your cue from?

1. “At all times preserve your jacket buttoned. If I had one rule for males, it’s this. It immediately makes your silhouette.” – The Fashionisto

2. “A person ought to by no means put on shorts within the metropolis. It’s not acceptable. Thongs and shorts ought to solely be worn on the tennis courtroom or on the seashore.” – Men’s Health Australia

3. “A person ought to attempt carrying a swimsuit all through a standard day. I do most issues in a swimsuit – and typically even in a tuxedo – so I’m actually snug in a single. I don’t consider in enjoying round a lot with swimsuit cuts. I like a easy, traditional form that offers a person robust shoulders, a fitted waist, and lengthy legs.” – The Fashionisto

4. “A very good trick as you grow old is to get a thick pair of glasses which have a darkish body. All the pieces else can droop and slide however that pair of darkish glasses stays sharp and crisp.” – Esquire

5. “Work out what your look is. I don’t put on a black suit-white shirt mixture on a regular basis to be ‘iconic’ however as a result of I’m most snug on this and I don’t really feel the necessity to experiment.” – Men’s Health Australia (June 2016)

6. “One pattern frightens me. Somebody truly simply got here into my workplace [wearing it] and I mentioned, ‘Go house proper now.’ And that’s the size of pant that’s kind of mid-calf. It appeared on Large Brother about eight years in the past and made it onto the road. There’s nothing mistaken with ankles. However provided that you’re enjoying soccer within the park.” – Esquire

7. “By no means, ever, ever put on something you’re uncomfortable in. As a result of that’s what you’ll mission: ‘I appear like a idiot.’ Even in case you don’t – you’ll be tentative and never your finest.” – in conversation with Lady Kinvara Balfour on the Apple Retailer, London (April 2014):

8. “At house, off-duty, I put on T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom however I’ve them tailor-made – if the sleeves are minimize over the tricep your arms look a lot better.” – in dialog with Colin McDowell at Selfridges

9. “You must placed on one of the best model of your self whenever you exit on this planet as a result of that may be a present of respect to the opposite folks round you.” – AnOther

10. “I didn’t develop up in a rich household. We had been a middle-class American household. However we knew the principles. We knew that a day marriage ceremony was a daytime swimsuit, that black footwear had been worn with blue fits and brown footwear with gray.” – The New York Times

11. “Even with a mushy jaw, whenever you trim your beard properly, you’ll look sharp and chiseled.” – GQ

12. “Within the early seventies, I had shoulder-length hair, bell-bottom pants, love beads and shirts that laced up on the entrance. However then I smartened up.” – Esquire

13. “In the event you’re on the Oscars, there’s not a person on that crimson carpet who is just not carrying make-up. Most straight actors I do know get fairly used to it. Even once they exit in actual life they seize some kind of bronzer they usually throw it on. They dye their eyebrows, they dye their lashes – they know the tips.” – GQ

14. “A very powerful factor is to cleanse and moisturise your face twice a day. Use eye drops. In case your eyes are white, you look wholesome; you look recent. Each man ought to have a magnifying mirror. In the event you look good magnified, you’re set to go.” – GQ

15. “Lots of people suppose a excessive armhole is restrictive, however it offers you whole motion as a result of it’s minimize proper as much as your arm.” – Tom Ford talks shop with Karl Lagerfeld for Time

16. “There’s a unique form of consolation that comes from understanding that you’re placing your finest foot ahead. It’s referred to as psychological consolation. Have a look at an image of the Coney Island boardwalk in 1925. Males had been in full-on three-piece fits, hats. They might have solely had one swimsuit. However they pressed it. They made it look pretty much as good as attainable.” – GQ