Tom Ford is best known as the man who rescued Gucci transforming the label from near bankruptcy to one of the highest valued luxury brands within just a few years.
Here’s what the fashion guru has to say for himself:
1. “The Gucci woman – you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman – she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first.”
6. “As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.”
8. “It’s a lesson you learn working on 7th Avenue that if your collection doesn’t sell, the very next day you’re fired and you’re literally escorted out by a security guard. It teaches you that if it won’t sell, it just doesn’t work. So you learn to make it successful and then, once you’ve established that you’re doing something that works, you have the freedom to be more creative.”
10. “If I’m going out in the world, I should make everything look as good as it can by looking my best, it’s a show of respect. Maybe a lot of you are thinking ‘oh he’s so full of it’, but this is how I feel, is that it’s a show of respect to other people who have to look at you! You should try to look as good as you can look and help make the scenery look good.”
