Haider Ackermann - Designer, Creative Director of Canada Goose & Tom Ford

[RosesAreRed]

Do you think he will leave CG now when he has TF?

 

[Lola701]

Do you think he will leave CG now when he has TF?

Why would he?
Isn’t it like the best job ever:
- He design a random capsule collection
- He gets to use their money to fund lavish trips around amazing landscape to shoot a campaign, shoot content.
- He gets paid probably insane money for it

CG is happy to use the aura of Haider, the CD of TF to strengthen their premium position and potentially gets coverage in HF circles.

He will leave maybe at the end of his contract or if they decides to change the direction but leave because he wants to solely concentrate on TF? I doubt. It’s like the perfect bonus money ever…

 

[Kanzai]

 

[Kanzai]

Nicolas Ghesquiere liked the post, such a supporting homie 🥀. I’m not a fan of Jeremy but I think he looks fine in that suit, no?

 

[Avonlea]

I am not sure how to describe it, but he looks like he suffers from dwarfism. The pants are awful and I hate the sleeves.

 

[Kanzai]

DW we have Ethan

 

[Phuel]

I am not sure how to describe it, but he looks like he suffers from dwarfism. The pants are awful and I hate the sleeves.

He's a very short meatball. So for him being so short, that cut of the suit actually is flatteringly proportionate on him. The fit of the sleeve, going by the 1st pic, seems to be shot from an unfortunate angle that gives it a too tight fit. But the other shots show that it’s fine. And the pants… Maybe just an awkward shot…. or he’s just too short to be wearing full-cut pants (he’s really short).

At a time when the majority of the designers running out to take a bow look deliberately the size of, and with the proportions of hobbits, a short man like Jeremy is actually styled to maximize his height, flatter his proportions, instead of having him looking like a hobbit— or worse of all, Pedro Pascal.

 

[eugenius]

AnOther Autumn / Winter 2025
"Tom Ford"
Photographer: Willy Vanderperre
Stylist: Olivier Rizzo
Feature editor: Susannah Frankel

I love that he used to go to gabber clubs (which is the least gay-friendly form of dance music that I can think of), but also, he’s black?

 

[PDFSD]

Financial Times HTSI September 20 2025

Photographer: Kuba Ryniewiz
Stylist: Julian Ganio
Feature editor: Jo Ellison

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Financial Times HTSI September 20 2025

funny title of gentleman when your new team is afraid of you and your constantly say rude things & throw things shout etc and a big toxic diva to everyone in the office ..mmmmm odd
and you have a history of this already at past brands

 

[Phuel]

^^^ ...Interesting… Tell me more. He always come off so… careful, so curated, so considerate, in these interviews.

(Good to see you back!)

 

[PDFSD]

^^^ ...Interesting… Tell me more. He always come off so… careful, so curated, so considerate, in these interviews.

(Good to see you back!)

His team at TF are dealing with his tantrums and its started from first collection with hints of his behavior up to this last one it got worse.
he is just rude nasty & toxic to people of the team all uncalled for, i seen this before that the teams cover up the toxic environment in order to survive in hope a higher up knows or sees something ...classic story

And separately i know form two past designers that worked with him said both never again!!!! he comes when he wants and his a big diva behavior is not new.

His current boyfriend is part of DXL group (BRAND STRATEGY, COMMUNICATIONS, EVENTS, TALENT CASTING & VIP.) is another toxic fashion company and druggy gays gang wich i know also people there that are crying to leave.

its seem the 80´s 90´s mean druggy stereotypes years never left planet fashion:-/

 

[Phuel]

That's unfortunate he’s one of those gays.

He’s still a worthy tailor and dressmaker; and that’s all I see him as. These people need to seeing themselves— and people need to stop worshiping these tailors/dressmakers, as artists. It’s understandable that these high profile roles can be extremely stressful and even frustrating, but being rude and nasty is not only unacceptable, it’s straightup an embarrassment and reflection of how someone truly is that no amount of culture/refinement/wealth could ever cover up. I still like his Tom Ford and him and his team are the most talented out there— except for that hideous campaign: It’s fortunately— or unfortunately, one of the only shining collections of the S/S Season that I’m drawn to and how I dress. But if Haider left the label, and Tom Ford ceased to exist anymore, I’m good. Everything has an end. Again, it’s just clothing, and he’s just a tailor/dressmaker.

BTW, never realized how much Glen Powell can resemble Tom Ford when he’s photographed well. If there’s ever a gorgeously-shot series on Tom-- like the one of Cristobal, Glenn could very well fill that role.


Gentleman Spain October 2025

 

[PDFSD]

That's unfortunate he’s one of those gays.

He’s still a worthy tailor and dressmaker; and that’s all I see him as. These people need to seeing themselves— and people need to stop worshiping these tailors/dressmakers, as artists. It’s understandable that these high profile roles can be extremely stressful and even frustrating, but being rude and nasty is not only unacceptable, it’s straightup an embarrassment and reflection of how someone truly is that no amount of culture/refinement/wealth could ever cover up. I still like his Tom Ford and him and his team are the most talented out there— except for that hideous campaign: It’s fortunately— or unfortunately, one of the only shining collections of the S/S Season that I’m drawn to and how I dress. But if Haider left the label, and Tom Ford ceased to exist anymore, I’m good. Everything has an end. Again, it’s just clothing, and he’s just a tailor/dressmaker.

BTW, never realized how much Glen Powell can resemble Tom Ford when he’s photographed well. If there’s ever a gorgeously-shot series on Tom-- like the one of Cristobal, Glenn could very well fill that role.

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Gentleman Spain October 2025

i am curious when the lauders & zegna´s will know how they will handle it it seems they are not aware yet as people are afraid to step up understandably.

its just not necessary behavior but tell this to a toxic person .... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

 

[Squizree]

 

[Lola701]

i am curious when the lauders & zegna´s will know how they will handle it it seems they are not aware yet as people are afraid to step up understandably.

its just not necessary behavior but tell this to a toxic person .... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

Maybe having moved the studio to Paris allows him more that as it’s still quite a culture that is admired.
And I must say that when you are at a very respected brand, working with a highly praised designer, it’s unfortunately things that people…Accept.

Unfortunately it’s not a culture that I see changing in the future. Fashion is still in some regards considered as Art, designers as artists and the whole thing is a money making artistic project.

But more than his behaviour, I have also always been confused by how much gay men, generally in creative spaces, loves and support castatrices women.

 

[PDFSD]

Maybe having moved the studio to Paris allows him more that as it’s still quite a culture that is admired.
And I must say that when you are at a very respected brand, working with a highly praised designer, it’s unfortunately things that people…Accept.

Unfortunately it’s not a culture that I see changing in the future. Fashion is still in some regards considered as Art, designers as artists and the whole thing is a money making artistic project.

But more than his behaviour, I have also always been confused by how much gay men, generally in creative spaces, loves and support castatrices women.

Because they see this type of woman more closer to male figure of power and in control sexualy promiscous and in charge and its objectification more than love.

Never met a gay that did not have this archetype of woman as goal at work being kind to girls of the team that did not display this aura around them 🤷‍♀️

I find it disgusting low IQ behavior.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

It’s strange how a lot of male (gay male in particular) like to neuter women into this sex-bot or gormless image. They effectively “stepford wife” them in this peculiar paradox that limits the way women like to project themselves and lacks a multifaceted potential.

Why I admire Alber Elbaz so much. And Patrick Kelly. They just loved women and their joy and love and passions and vulnerabilities. Even McQueen understood it to some level, more strength then submitting themselves to a “sexy image”. Yamamoto does the former too (although he isn’t gay/queer). Haider… he’s tricky. Which is why I think his perspective is a little diminutive. That does come with being out of the game with his own label for a little while and then coming into a place Tom Ford but also you’d think he’d know better. It feels like projection rather than honouring. I’m hyper conscious myself when designing and making collections but when I did my sisters wedding dress and custom pieces (and working with amazing female pattern cutters and techs) you realise the clothes need to honour and appreciate the body and soul that wears them. A cliche, but there’s a lack of love.

 

[LadyJunon]

In the end, I think it's an issue of fashion as art vs fashon as commerce. Alber designed his vision for Lanvin in the service of their clientele. In turn, the clothes are very pretty and desirable, but they were very aesthetically conventional for the time. McQueen, Yohji and Haider sold to a clientele to fund their vision. In turn, the clothes sacrifice desirability and wearability, but are more visually individual. Also, I don't think that we can ignore the elephant in the room, the hypersexuality of the TF brand. Lean too hard and it feels abrasive, strip away too much and there's no point in keeping the brand alive.

 

[Lola701]

In the end, I think it's an issue of fashion as art vs fashon as commerce. Alber designed his vision for Lanvin in the service of their clientele. In turn, the clothes are very pretty and desirable, but they were very aesthetically conventional for the time. McQueen, Yohji and Haider sold to a clientele to fund their vision. In turn, the clothes sacrifice desirability and wearability, but are more visually individual. Also, I don't think that we can ignore the elephant in the room, the hypersexuality of the TF brand. Lean too hard and it feels abrasive, strip away too much and there's no point in keeping the brand alive.

But there was a catch with Alber: his shows were engaging and his vision of women comforting and charming but his clothes were actually very edgy in their construction and finishing.
Thank god his clothes were comfortable because I know that they were very unconventional in the beginning for some women. Alber was the king of no-lining, no padding, raw edges, he would love wrinkly fabrics, washed fabrics, the gros-grain zipper detail. And as we were talking about fabrics in an other thread, he didn’t shy away from synthetics.

His clothes were/are very unconventional.

But to get back to Haider, your point is interesting because for me, hypersexuality is something that we associate with Tom Ford and his body of work (more the campaigns and the atmosphere than the clothes to me) but that I don’t associate with Tom Ford the brand.
But I’m also glad that Haider is close with Farida Khelfa, Daphne Guinness and Lou Doillon who all were part of the cast of the first Tom Ford show and who in some ways embody the plurality of the Tom Ford woman.

And making his Tom Ford grown, as opposed to young kind of allows him to not have to play with overt-sexuality which is something people expect from Tom Ford but wasn’t that prevalent at the brand.

It’s so weird because he is the CD of a brand that only exist since 2005 and that only started doing menswear 18 years ago and womenswear 15 years ago but has a heritage of 30 years. So yeah, he has to take everything in: the Tom Ford of Gucci, the Tom Ford of YSL and Tom Ford.

 

[alwaysademo]

But to get back to Haider, your point is interesting because for me, hypersexuality is something that we associate with Tom Ford and his body of work (more the campaigns and the atmosphere than the clothes to me) but that I don’t associate with Tom Ford the brand.

It’s so weird because he is the CD of a brand that only exist since 2005 and that only started doing menswear 18 years ago and womenswear 15 years ago but has a heritage of 30 years. So yeah, he has to take everything in: the Tom Ford of Gucci, the Tom Ford of YSL and Tom Ford.

I think Tom's take on sexuality at the last leg of his creative career was rather sordid. Single Man, Nocturnal Animals... those campaigns by Klein was all about putting a subversive spin on the sunny glamour of Slim Aarons, notably that 1 ad with Jeff Burton (ex pornographer in the style of Sofia Coppola) was what I remember from his own brand, so the "sterility" is not much of a pivot to me tbh but a natural extension. This last show was inspired by night swimming, I mean it looks and sounds exactly what Tom Ford is to me.


Tom Ford ad by Jeff Burton.

His creativity by the 2010s was a lived thing not a fantasy. He could afford to go to the deeper end of his vision without having to rely on hype.
I'm just really curious what the average male client at TF thinks about HA.

Why I admire Alber Elbaz so much. And Patrick Kelly. They just loved women and their joy and love and passions and vulnerabilities. Even McQueen understood it to some level, more strength then submitting themselves to a “sexy image”. Yamamoto does the former too (although he isn’t gay/queer). Haider… he’s tricky. Which is why I think his perspective is a little diminutive. That does come with being out of the game with his own label for a little while and then coming into a place Tom Ford but also you’d think he’d know better. It feels like projection rather than honouring. I’m hyper conscious myself when designing and making collections but when I did my sisters wedding dress and custom pieces (and working with amazing female pattern cutters and techs) you realise the clothes need to honour and appreciate the body and soul that wears them. A cliche, but there’s a lack of love.

Good point.
I wonder though if some women who actually buy these clothes mind the projection at all. Of course Daphne Guinness is a unique sample of his clientele but I do think people who gravitate towards him tend to be more game. One time I met a woman wearing a TF bejeweled neckless black gown at a party and she looked phenomenal, more importantly she knew it, she seemed really empowered by it and stood apart from her crowd of similar high achieving women.