Quotes by Tan France - Page 2

When somebody says something stupid to me, I usually alleviate it with laughter and humour. I make light of it to educate people on why it's inappropriate.
Tan France /
Alleviate
Educate
Humour
Inappropriate
Laughter
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Gay men can sometimes feel ashamed or chastised when the messaging is 'Be out and proud!' or 'Just come out.' It's not that easy. It certainly wasn't for me.
Tan France /
Ashamed
Messaging
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I went to college for fashion and, after graduating, got a job in Operations at Zara, learning the ins and outs so I could one day start my own clothing brand.
Tan France /
Operations
Clothing
Graduating
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Nobody wants to see an engagement photo with you in your ratty jeans and t-shirt. Go for layers, and you're always going to look like you made more of an effort.
Tan France /
Effort
Engagement
Jeans
Layers
Always Your Look
Photo
Wants
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When it comes to a vintage store, we're not concerned with men's or women's. I want you to treat it like no other store. Just find stuff that you love and go for that.
Tan France /
Vintage
Love Women Men
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My granddad founded a manufacturing company in Northern England - a place called Bury - that manufactured denim, and one of the brands they created denim for was Disney.
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Brands
Manufacturing
Founded
Bury
Disney
Northern
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I would have to say Kelly Clarkson's 'Because of You' would be the song I would associate with coming out. It's really emotive, and personally, it reminds me of my father.
Tan France /
Associate
Emotive
Reminds
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I've experienced racism and homophobia my whole life, so I've trained myself to just deal with it calmly, to not cause a scene, and to find a way to calm the situation down.
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Racism
Calmly
Experienced
Trained
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If I don't look the way I wanna look, I don't feel confident. I'm sure that's most people, but it really does affect my confidence if I'm not dressed the way I want to dress.
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Affect
Wanna
Dressed
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Jeans can make or break a look, and if it's not a good-fitting pair, if they don't flatter your body, it doesn't matter what else you've got on - it's not going to look good.
Tan France /
Jeans
Your Body
Good Look Body
Good Look Your
Flatter
Pair
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A leather jacket always makes you look cooler, sometimes more chic, and it elevates your look to make you look like you've purchased something expensive to set yourself apart.
Tan France /
Chic
Expensive
Leather
Always Yourself Your
Apart
Cooler
Jacket
Purchased
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When your clothes aren't organized, it's even harder. You don't know what your options are. Everything is in disarray. Organization makes it so much easier to put on an outfit.
Tan France /
Clothes
Easier
Harder
Organization
Options
Outfit
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You know how Oprah has her moment about bread? Mine's about boots. You could wear it to a meeting at work. You could wear it to a date.You could wear it to a wedding with a suit.
Tan France /
Wedding
Boots
Bread
Oprah
Meeting
Suit
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For me, I don't go, 'Let me walk into this person's home. I don't care who they are, I'm going to put them in a Dolce & Gabbana suit, and I really want them to have a pink shirt.'
Tan France /
Home Walk Me
Pink
Shirt
Suit
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I was a very private person. I never had an open social media account. So, for me to walk down the street and have people say, 'Hey, Tan!' I turn around thinking, 'Do I know you?'
Tan France /
Hey
Media
Social
Social Media
Thinking
Account
Thinking Walk Me
Tan
Around
Open
Down
Street
Walk
People Say
Private
Private Person
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When I see a shoe, I deconstruct it in my head. It comes from spending childhood summers around my grandad's denim factory in Bury, watching the machinists turn fabric into clothes.
Tan France /
Fabric
Bury
Shoe
Summers
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If I think something is heinous, but the person feels amazing in it, who am I to critique it? If they think that those bell-bottom, cropped, shredded jeans look good, then good for them!
Tan France /
Critique
Jeans
Who Am I
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Until my businesses really took off, my family, I think, just assumed I was selling printed T-shirts out of the back of my car. They just couldn't wrap their head around how fashion could be profitable.
Tan France /
Fashion
Printed
Profitable
Selling
Assumed
Businesses
Wrap
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I'm really loving Billie Eilish's 'idontwannabeyouanymore.' Her dreamy vocals offer such a lovely moment of escape, and there's a sophistication to the lyrics that are so surprising coming from a teen artist.
Tan France /
Teen
Artist
Lovely
Sophistication
Surprising
Coming
Escape
Lyrics
Moment
Offer
Vocals
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Being 'out and proud' can feel like a real luxury of Western culture, where people are often white and see existing white gay people in their culture. That's a kind of privilege people don't know they possess.
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Luxury
Privilege
Western Culture
Existing
Possess
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I love a boot. It's an easy transition for all surroundings - not too casual, not too formal. You look like you're off to your engagement photos, even if you're going down to a pub with your friends afterward.
Tan France /
Casual
Engagement
Formal
Surroundings
Transition
Afterwards
Love Your Look
Boot
Love Look Your
Photos
Pub
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I think being fashion forward is stepping out of your comfort zone with just even a single piece - an accessory, footwear, a dress - something that shows your style but is just a bit outside of your comfort zone.
Tan France /
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Fashion
Footwear
Single
Zone
Accessory
Forward
Outside
Piece
Stepping
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As a kid, we got a lot of American shows - usually a New York or L.A.-based show full of glitz and glamour - and I assumed that that was what life was like in the U.S. So, when I was 17, I decided to go to America.
Tan France /
Glamour
Assumed
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I worked as a receptionist in England for a couple of years whilst I was building up my business. I decided to take a massive pay cut from my full-time job and work as a receptionist so I could make my own business work.
Tan France /
Decided
England
Massive
Cut
Full-Time
Full-Time Job
Whilst
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When I speak, I don't speak for myself; I don't have the luxury of a Caucasian to be able to speak for myself. I speak for a whole community, and I represent so many different communities that that felt like a lot of pressure.
Tan France /
Caucasian
Luxury
Represent
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Seeing guys in their most vulnerable state talking about their bodies gives me an opportunity to talk about everything. Once they open up about their appearance, then usually they are willing to open up about pretty much everything.
Tan France /
Appearance
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We have the luxury in the West of being able to say, 'Yeah, absolutely, we're progressive, we've moved forward with the gay community.' We haven't in a lot of other countries. My people from Pakistan - I know we haven't moved forward.
Tan France /
Gay Community
Luxury
Other Countries
Pakistan
Community Gay People
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The main must-have is a capsule wardrobe. I think it's really important that everybody, men and women, have a few items in their closets that are their go-tos. No matter what the occasion, they have something in their closets that they can go to.
Tan France /
Women
Closets
Important
Items
Matter
Men And Women
Wardrobe
Everybody
Men Women Important
Go
Women Men Important
Few
Main
Occasion
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It's not called 'Queer Eye For the Straight Guy' now for a reason. We want to be able to help more and more people, and why wouldn't we help women, and why wouldn't we help a trans man? I want to help as many different groups as physically possible with this show.
Tan France /
Physically
Women Man People
More People
Queer
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Yes, it's called 'Queer Eye' and there are five gay men on it, but we're also tackling real issues. The conversations we have on our show would be just as valid if they swapped us out with straight guys. What we do is important, not just because we're a niche gay show.
Tan France /
Eye
Niche
Tackling
Conversations
Queer
Real Issues
Valid
Yes
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I believe that our show is hopefully a beacon of hope for certain people who think that they have been forgotten, that they don't have the support or representation. We're there for them and also to remind people that even though we are so divided, just a very open conversation can bridge that divide.
Tan France /
Conversation
Divided
Forgotten
Representation
Hope Believe I Believe
Beacon
Bridge
Divide
Remind
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I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.
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Halfway
Sensitivity
Adapt
Culture Country People
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I was terrified of being on camera. I was worried that whatever I would say, people would assume I'm speaking for every Muslim, every Pakistani, or every Middle Eastern person. That's a lot of pressure. But it also got me excited about what could be done, because I am a representative for people who are underrepresented.
Tan France /
Eastern
Middle
Pressure
Terrified
Worried
I Am Me People
Done I Am Me
Assume
Camera
Done Me I Am
Middle Eastern
Muslim
Pakistani
Representative
Speaking
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As a gay man, there are certain places that I avoid. When I go to China, I lie and pretend I'm not married, which is really sad - I leave my ring at home. But I'm not willing to risk my safety in a country that could cause me no end of problems or where it's illegal to be gay. I'm very aware of the places I can travel to safely and where I cannot.
Tan France /
Sad
Home
Travel
Certain
China
Gay
Illegal
Married
Willing
Avoid
Aware
Ring
Cause
Could
Pretend
Leave
Lie
Places
Problems
Safely
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