“There's a different kind of comfort that comes from knowing that you are putting your best foot forward. It's called psychological comfort. Look at a picture of the Coney Island boardwalk in 1925. Men were in full-on three-piece suits, hats. They may have only had one suit. But they pressed it. They made it look as good as possible.”

American fashion designer and filmmaker

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He is known for launching his own fashion brand in 2005, after serving as creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. He later turned to film, writing and directing A Single Man in 2009 and Nocturnal Animals in 2016. From 2019 to 2022, he served as chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.