| TOM FORD - "five easy lessons in how to be a modern gentleman..." |
| Written by Shahlin Graves |
| Wednesday, 23 March 2011 22:08 |
 In an interview with Jefferson Hack in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Another magazine alongside a feature-spread shot by photographer Jeff Burton, TOM FORD presents "five easy lessons in how to be a modern gentleman..." You will know Ford best as the director of 2009's film 'A Single Man', the designer behind his namesake fashion label, and the former creative director of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Agree? Disagree?? I feel like number five was written for Ezra Koenig and... I'm not going to lie, number four is my favourite... I wish that he had added in books though. I rarely carry coats, but I feel like I would read more if only someone would carry my books for me. "1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you. 2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world. 3. Manners are very important and actually knowing when things are appropriate. I always open doors for women, I carry their coat, I make sure that they're walking on the inside of the street. Stand up when people arrive at and leave the dinner table. 4. Don't be pretentious or racist or sexist or judge people by their background. 5. A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach." |
