Quotes by Tommy Hilfiger

About Tommy Hilfiger:

Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.
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My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.

Tommy Hilfiger

It was difficult for me because I was searching for the answer for so long, and the answer was right in front of me. Do what I do best.

Tommy Hilfiger

You want to look fashionable and put-together, not like you hit every sale rack this season.

Tommy Hilfiger

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

Tommy Hilfiger

Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.

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We are going back to our roots by cultivating new unsigned talent who otherwise might go unnoticed.

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One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that's how people live.

Tommy Hilfiger

Over the last 15 years we've developed our brand into a global brand and we wanted our giving to follow suit.

Tommy Hilfiger

I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.

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I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.

Tommy Hilfiger

In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.

Tommy Hilfiger

I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on.

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We like to believe our fashion is growing.

Tommy Hilfiger

If I see someone wearing Hilfiger it makes me proud, but then I wonder what I could do to make the style more relevant for them next year?

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I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.

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I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

Tommy Hilfiger

I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them.

Tommy Hilfiger

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.

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I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.

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I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.

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Author Bio

  • NameTommy Hilfiger
  • DescriptionAmerican fashion designer
  • BornMarch 24, 1951
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionDesigner