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As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

Tom Ford

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Tom Ford
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 27
Fashion Designer
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Austin
Texas
Thomas Carlyle Ford
Thomas Carlyle Tom Ford
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Marketed
Used
Discarded
Made
Sold
Something
Designer
Always
Ultimately
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Fashion

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