TOM FORDISMS

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In an Out magazine profile of Tom Ford, shot by Terry Richardson, the designer describes being a perfectionist: "If I lived in a one-room hut, every piece of grass that made the roof would be lined up in the right way, and the hut would have an aesthetic, and there would be two pots. I'm obsessed with perfection to the point that it's nearly an illness..." [Out via]