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Really? I usually don't like Betak's overblown approach to runway shows, but I quite like the visual direction they did for Tom Ford. A dark room with focused lights might be a somewhat cliché setting, but it's still effective in visual impact. What direction would you go in instead.They need to revamp the runway shows or something. The website presents a better direction than what the runway shows allude.
Really? I usually don't like Betak's overblown approach to runway shows, but I quite like the visual direction they did for Tom Ford. A dark room with focused lights might be a somewhat cliché setting, but it's still effective in visual impact. What direction would you go in instead.
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I am ready to receive all the fashionspot hate, but I think Peter’s show was the best ever under Tom Ford’s name. I’m not saying it was great, but at least a little bit more sleek than what we were used to.
Tom Ford fashion under his own name has been a nightmare tbh. I love him as much as the next person, but let’s not pretend that he was doing a great job.
I think it’s kinda childish (which I adore) to be that shady.
The only difference between Tom and Peter is that Peter doesn’t have a glorious past to compete with. Tom started with a disadvantage and expectations. It’s a bit like what people are trying to do with Phoebe today.
Peter’s work is very digestible, commercial, slick and maybe familiar. And maybe that’s what people want in general from a brand like Tom Ford.
I have yet to see a fashion statement. One thing that I will never blame Tom for is always making a fashion statement, even if at his own brand, it worked less than at Gucci and YSL.
But maybe my constant quest for a fashion statement is loosing me. I’m championing Daniel Lee, Nicolas, Phoebe…etc. Maybe I’m on the wrong side of history. They aren’t the most popular voices it seems..
The name I’ve throwing around, even when it was announced that Tom was leaving his own brand, was Alexandre Vauthier! You see his work, you see fashion. It has the intention and energy of fashion.What kind of fashion statement do you expect Peter to deliver? Do you want him to relive Tom's glorious Gucci/YSL days, which I don't think Peter will ever be able to do? Tbh I don't think even Tom wants his brand just to live in the past, even if it was fabulous, what’s done is done, let’s move forward.
Based on the reaction to his first few collections, it's impossible to please everyone, but looking back people weren't exactly happy with Tom's last few collections (personally, I love them, they're audacious, it’s bad taste but it’s my taste).
Personally, I don't have a really strong opinion about Peter yet. His womenswear is fine, sexy yet still luxe. It's his menswear that I kinda worry about, his men aren't sharp or desirable.
Being Tom longest collaborator, I just hope he isn't becoming Virginie 2.0.
Really? I usually don't like Betak's overblown approach to runway shows, but I quite like the visual direction they did for Tom Ford. A dark room with focused lights might be a somewhat cliché setting, but it's still effective in visual impact. What direction would you go in instead.
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The name I’ve throwing around, even when it was announced that Tom was leaving his own brand, was Alexandre Vauthier! You see his work, you see fashion. It has the intention and energy of fashion.
What kind of statement I want from Peter? Surely not the Tom Ford for Gucci/YSL. And unfortunately, it’s what he is trying to do. I’m afraid he might be The Frida Giannini (with better cut) of the Tom Ford brand.
For me it’s crucial to understand your time and your woman. I think Tom and Peter understands that. The Tom Ford man has evolved and now there’s an idea of a wardrobe for that man. Such thing doesn’t exist for the Tom Ford woman.
For me, Tom lost the plot when he moved to LA. Suddenly his environment was people in either tracksuits or eveningwear. So his shows became that when the root of his success was being able to speak to a modern, active woman.
Peter Hawkings so far has showed a lot of Party clothes with a strong dose of early 00’d energy. I’m kind of surprised to not have seen a lot of Tom Ford at Cannes…
But Tom’s ultimate woman, Carine Roitfeld, was living a very polite, bourgeois life. So it’s more about the power of fantasy than the reality of a wild lifestyle.I love the set pictures a lot, they're giving me Nocturnal Animals LA rich lonely mansion chic
but from the catwalk videos, they didn't translate well in movement and from a single camera view
Also, Peter being a straight married family man, I find his work very polite and extremely unsexy
It is as if he is holding himself back and too afraid to upset people in our current woke and PC times
Somehow Tom Ford being a gay man, his work is more free and his men and women are more confident and joyous
Tom's ideal fantasy is like luxury hotel sex with strangers and enjoying life, while Peter's perfect life is a sexless marriage in a comfortable home, no argument at dinner would be a blessing kind of situation
Would you rather? I guess from a stable business side POV, the latter is safer but lacks all the allure...
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I like Vauthier a lot but creativity is not the quality I would associate with his brand. He has the eye, the taste and skill but there was never much to talk about design wise. The shows were like moving VP eds by Alt.But to expect him to reach Vauthier's level of creativity-- or for Vauthier to lead the brand, is unreal in this current era of mediocrity
Can you elaborate or give us context?Apparently, Peter Hawkings is out as creative director of Tom Ford.
Reported by Lauren Sherman. Announcement slated for Monday morning before the markets open.Can you elaborate or give us context?
He was probably fired…Designers usually have contracts set to 3 to 4 years, so he must've left on his own volition (probably decided after the stint at the Met Gala). It's a shame, because it was the first time that I really liked what Tom Ford's eponymous label did.x.com
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Zegna has a 30 year licence on the fashion department, so if this triggers a whole designer carousel, it will be very messy for them.