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The always dapper fashion designer sat down for a two hour interview in New York and dished about, well, everything. There was no stone unturned. He talked how he hates the word “gay”, the rumored H&M collection, his upcoming movies, and why Yves Saint Laurent hates him.
Tom Ford was once the creative director of Gucci and YSL. He left in 2004 to form his own line
April 5, 2012
Believe it or not, but outlet stores aren’t created so us non-rich can maybe pick up a designer t-shirt that’s missing a button. Outlets are for high-end designers to get rid of inventory. However, Tom Ford is like super exclusive
March 12, 2012
At three grand a pair I would be afraid to wear them. “Oh these glasses? These are my looking eye-glasses, not my seeing eye-glasses. I just look at them because I’m afraid of breaking them.”
February 20, 2012
“I love it – but everyone is afraid to wear real style on the red carpets. You get completely ripped apart unless you’re Tilda Swinton, who I thought looked really great in Haider Ackermann that time – and in Celine at the BAFTA’s.”
November 18, 2011
Tom Ford was once the creative director of Gucci in the 1990’s and really reinvigorated the brand. He left in 2004 to form his own line, Tom Ford International and he also directed the Colin Firth film, “A Single Man.” But really, all you need to know is that Tom Ford has the most perfect 5 o’clock shadow and looks amazing in a suit.
This is not the first time Ford has been rumored to join the brand. Last year a French Tribune article started rumors about a collab, but now it might actually be happening.
When asked if H&M could see a collaboration with Tom Ford, H&M’s creative adviser Margareta Van den Bosch says “Tom Ford is a very interesting name. I can say, I wouldn’t mind.”
He’s one of the most important men in fashion and he sat down with Bergdorf Goodman for a fun Q&A about the royal wedding, growing up gay in Texas, why he takes five baths a day and much more. Here are some highlights from the interview:
On Princess Beatrice’s horrible fascinator during the royal wedding:
“I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this, but at the royal wedding, one of the princesses wore a now-very-famous (or infamous) Philip Treacy hat—that hat wore her. Now, Isabella Blow, a woman those of us in fashion knew well . . . had she worn the same hat, it would have looked great. She would have worn the hat. She knew what she was about, what she wanted to express in fashion.”
The South African hottie has gotten herself two HUGE modeling gigs. She's signed on to be the face of not only Tom Ford, but Versace Eyewear as well.
In the Versace ad, Candice is sporting nude lips and in true Tom Ford fashion she's sporting big bold red lips for his ad campaign.
January 25, 2011
The fashion mogul sat down for an interview with Interview Magazine for its February 2011 issue to talk about being naked, being naked, being naked--and his first muse. But most importantly, he talks about being naked.
Here are some highlights from the interview:
On his interest in the human body:
“My expression of beauty is something I do naturally. I love the human body - the female body, the male body…I’m very comfortable with naked bodies.”
On being comfortable in his own skin:
“When I come home…I wear no clothes until I leave. I eat naked. I do everything completely naked.”
On his big return:
"I decided I would never go back to fashion until I had something new to say, until I could have fun creating fashion again. It had become really formulaic."
On working with models:
“They’re something that I’m modeling or shaping or sculpting, but I’m very aware that even though I make them physically beautiful, their soul and personality and character is somewhat detached from that.”
On his first memory of beauty:
"That would have been as a little kid living in Texas. My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She’d swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great. She always had the latest things. She was larger than life to me, even as an adult, but when I was a child it was really like she was from another planet. It seemed like she lived in a different world, and wherever that was, I wanted to go."
January 3, 2011
During NY fashion week Tom held a super secret fashion show and made sure there were no cameras, no live streaming, and all the attendees were urged to remain tight lipped. The reason behind all the secrecy was to stop high street brands from copying his styles.
The models, all women who are inspirational to Ford, included such fashion-world lurkers as Daphne Guinness, Lisa Eisner, Julianne Moore, Rita Wilson, Beyonce along with über-models Amber Valletta, Liya Kebede, Stella Tennant and Natalia Vodianova.
Tom’s show seemed more like a posh party with fabulous people than an actual fashion show.
Ever since Tom retired from designing women's wear, fashion has not been the same. What do you guys think of the actual clothes?
November 30, 2010
He showed off his new spring/summer 2011 collection during NY Fashion week back in September and Beyonce brought all her fierceness to the runway. B strutted her stuff on the runway sporting a big afro and a sequined dress.
Tom Ford Goes to H&M and Karl Lagerfeld Goes to Macy*s
Tom returning to women's clothes is a huge deal since he has not designed for women since he left Gucci and YSL.
Photos from the show will be featured in the January issue of Harper's Bazaar UK.
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