Tommy Hilfiger Quotes

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Tommy Hilfiger

Profession : Designer

Birth : March 24, 1951

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.

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I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.

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We had incense and rock'n'roll posters, and we sold records and rolling papers. People could just, like, hang out. We had a cool vibe going.

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We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion.

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I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.

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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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We like to believe our fashion is growing.

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

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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.

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My passion for music has always inspired my designs.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

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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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