Dressing well is a form of good manners.
Tom FordRead
Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you'll project: 'I look like a fool.'
Interpretation
Wear what makes you feel comfortable and confident.
This quote emphasizes the importance of comfort in one's clothing choices. When people wear outfits that they are uncomfortable in, it negatively affects their confidence and the impression they project to others, leading them to feel self-conscious and appear less at ease.
In practice
In a fashion seminar discussing the importance of self-expression through clothing.
Dressing well is a form of good manners.
Moving fashion used to be one of my chief goals. It's not necessarily any more. Fashion needs to change when life changes. You only need to move fashion forward when there's a reason to move fashion forward.
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.
I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in 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.
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.
Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself
They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me
Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.
I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
Fashion today is available to everybody in a way that it's never been before: you've got every designer you've ever heard of working for H& or Target. That's fantastic.
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