Tom Ford F/W 2025.26 Paris

[chriswiles]

Generic clothes, there is nothing that stands out, nothing that lets you identify this as TF by HA.

Well, TF clearly liked it.

At previous Peter Hawkings shows I do remember coming away thinking "I'd like this, I'd like that". There was nothing from the menswear that made me think "yeah, that's for me". All looks a little late 90s for me?

Also, where were the accessories? One thing TF London told me was that Zenga wanted to increase revenue from accessories and that the current range was too similar to those from the past (think same bag style, different colours). I was expecting to see new bags and other accessories.

 

[brandon J pierre]

Well, TF clearly liked it.

At previous Peter Hawkings shows I do remember coming away thinking "I'd like this, I'd like that". There was nothing from the menswear that made me think "yeah, that's for me". All looks a little late 90s for me?

Also, where were the accessories? One thing TF London told me was that Zenga wanted to increase revenue from accessories and that the current range was too similar to those from the past (think same bag style, different colours). I was expecting to see new bags and other accessories.

We don't need to see any bags for the debut this was perfect on the accessories let's see the clothes. I'm sick of seeing tons of bags of the runway

 

[chriswiles]

We don't need to see any bags for the debut this was perfect on the accessories let's see the clothes. I'm sick of seeing tons of bags of the runway

You miss my point - the previous runway shows were accessorised and, as I mentioned, Zegna made a point to TF London that this was an area where they wanted growth.

Have a look back at the previous two shows. Both featured new bags etc. You might be 'sick of it' but it's a key part of the TF style for me. I don't need to see yet another men's suit I'll never wear (who wears these in 2025?)

 

[brandon J pierre]

He should have just designed this collection under his own name.
Nothing here is screaming Tom Ford. Some of ya'll are seeing what you wanna see.
Also, something about Haider annoys the f*** out of me.

I think what annoys you about him is that he's a very old-timer designer with a lot of pain. Pain in the craft obsessing over every piece every detail the look and it can lose it's fun. To be honest with you he reminds me a lot of Ralph Rucci. He's an emotional version of Tom Ford. Not me, but some people think that Tom Ford is pompous I don't think that I think he's fabulous. But imagine that pompous attitude but inward emotional thinking. Anyways it was a great collection.

 

[brandon J pierre]

You miss my point - the previous runway shows were accessorised and, as I mentioned, Zegna made a point to TF London that this was an area where they wanted growth.

Have a look back at the previous two shows. Both featured new bags etc. You might be 'sick of it' but it's a key part of the TF style for me. I don't need to see yet another men's suit I'll never wear (who wears these in 2025?)

Yes I understand, leave that for the stores and for advertisement. We will see bags and all types of shoes to come. It wasn't necessary for this particular presentation. We didn't need their business plan displayed for the world to see like at Louis Vuitton and Gucci which looks so sad.

 

[Lola701]

It is not a bad collection for his namesake label but it doesn't work for TF. I am disappointed probably because my expectations were too high. It is a bit sad to see the once hypersexual woman kind of blending into his androgynous female type. The problem with Haier for TF is his good taste doesn't allow him to be a bit tacky and vulgar.

Haider’s own personal collections looked drastically different from what he showed here or at Gaultier.
We don’t see complicated pliages, his particular shape of pants and things like that.

He has found a way to define his work on more classic and pragmatic clothes but Dries Van Noten was more Haider in a way.

This has the right amount of spirit from both.

 

[Demna]

I don't know what people see in Mona and Vittoria but I'd rather have Mica and Kiki.

 

[Xone]

From the press release:

A beginning is a new dance. You start by looking at your partner, acknowledging differences, exploring similarities, trying to find ways to match each other’s steps and move harmoniously.

Entering the house that Mr Tom Ford built I was drawn to the man himself, whose personality reverberates through everything he envisioned. He is nightlife, I am the morning after: this is where our dance begins. Inside a chamber bathed in grey, with guests seated on plush benches, steamy mirrors all around bearing traces of the night before.

Private rooms, in clubs, are the mysterious places where things happen that not everyone can access. That unattainability is a distance that charms, fueling desire. TOM FORD is a world of desire. It lures and seduces.

To seduce means to bring someone close, drawing a gaze, enticing touch, stimulating senses, rewarding discovery with surprise and beauty.

Sensuality is the feeling of beauty. I welcomed my beauties here: the noble personalities embodying my idea of what makes an individual today. Their androgyny brings alive the vertical directness of what they wear, the ease of pure lines empowered by the full blast of color.

Colors of joy. Bright pastels that are fresh and uplifting, on suits and dresses as immediate as t-shirts; vivid hues that also glisten on the eyes as powdery eyeshadows. Grey, and full black, stay, because they are in the personality of this house.

There is dignity in pureness, in taking away rather than decorating, in turning decoration into architectural shapes that complement or neatly accessorize the body. A T runs on heels, jewels, belts, like a hidden message.
The morning after all that’s unnecessary has been left behind. What remains is feelings, impressions and lips bleeding red that have been kissed for the whole night.

I believe in love
Haider

 

[Lola701]

^^
So it’s possible to do a show note without mentioning an artist, a writer or a philosopher!
Wow! Maybe a lot more people should take note.
Good

 

[tricotineacetat]

One thing I will say in addition is how most of the dresses in this collection read as if they had been designed by a menswear designer who for the first time was tasked to do womenswear - That, along with the many repeating suiting looks created an imbalance that needs to be balanced out, as Haider moves on forward with his vision for Tom Ford - A bit more fluid dressmaking, a sumptous cashmere falling just off the shoulders could be such offerings to bring a less 'serious' attitude to the Tom Ford brand that I think has not been emphasized enough on in the past years.

 

[mteb123]

Didn’t like this!! Like some have pointed out it’s missing the Tom Ford in Tom Ford… Their worlds are too different… Just even the girls, the make up and it just lacks… Like some have said it’s Cold… We need Fire… Haider is talented but I’m just not sold on his Tom Ford…

 

[kasper!]

I am not convinced...Tom was famous for p*rno chic and a sense of vulgarity. I don't see them here. On the other part menswear is always the same.