Tom Ford : Life after Gucci

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Throwback Thursday for Tom -

In 2006 Tom designed Malin Johansson's wedding gown (but was never posted).


*Hellomagazine.com

 

[Chanelcouture09]

Stars who wore Tom Ford at the Met Gala 2014 -

Bradley Cooper

Tom Brady

Benedict Cumberbatch

Jonathan Tisch

*Style.com & Zimbio.com

 

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TOM FORD PULLS OUT OF LONDON FASHION WEEK

One of London Fashion Week’s star designers, Tom Ford, has announced plans to move his womenswear catwalk show to LA next season. Due to be presented on 20 February, it will mark the first time Ford has shown his collection in the Californian city, outside the schedules of the four main fashion weeks.

“I have loved LA since I first moved there from New York in the early 1980s,” said Ford. “[His partner] Richard and I have had a home there and divided our time between LA and Europe for the past 20 years and have always felt a deep-rooted connection to the city.

"So many visuals in our world are filtered through Los Angeles, including music, television and film, and in this way it influences global fashion in a profound way,” he continued. “Like fashion, film is also a creative endeavour that is extremely important to me. I am excited to bring these two aspects of my life together by presenting the collection in Los Angeles.”

Ford’s contributions to the film world are well known, particularly his Academy Award-nominated 2009 feature A Single Man, starring Colin Firth. The move is risky, though. His LA show will coincide with the opening of London Fashion Week, and the fashion community will have to decide whether Ford’s star power is worth the cost of flying from New York to LA and missing the first day of shows in London.

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Bitter much?

 

[Salvatore]

I do not like this idea. Why does he not show in Milan or Paris or even NYC ? I love Tom Ford, but he is annoying me very much lately ...

 

[KKnardi]

harpersbazaar.co.uk

Bitter much?

I think they will fly to see his show, or catch it online. LA fashion week is not really the same thing as any of the other major fashion cities. His clothes are really parisian and he should show in paris imo. But I guess he like to be near home, especially considering his age.

 

[HeatherAnne]

Somewhere Slimane is soooo jealous he didn't think of this pretentious d*ckhead move first.

 

[Phuel]

That's actually quite a... brilliant move for Tom.

He's smart enough to know his brand of fashion just no longer is the stylequake it once was when he ruled at Gucci. His impact is no longer what it was-- if at all even. But, with LA, he gets the advantage of having all his movie star friends to be a part of it, which is so attractive to so many and will elevate his shows to an event. And, he himself will be the star designer of LA Fashion Week-- and may just give the city's irrelevance in the fashion industry the push it needs to be relevant-- so there's glory in that for Tom. Sure, his fashion may still be irrelevant, but movie stars brings in the crowd, no matter how crap the fashion may be. Just ask Anna.

Not a d*ckhead move at all.

 

[kokobombon]

^IA. imo as a designer in the grand scheme of fashion he´s become irrelevant. Might as well bring his show to LA where he´s coveted by movie stars...

 

[dior_couture1245]

As irrelevant as his shows are be claimed to be, his clothes, in my opinion, are more relevant than most "hot-ticket" designers working today.

Go to one of his stores and check out the clothes in person. The quality, fit, attention to detail and ease of his clothes are so INFINITELY more appealing, seductive and desirable than ANYTHING produced by someone who is "relevant" like Raf Simons for Dior, for example. I've seen those clothes in person at Dior stores, and let me tell you...they're horrific. Terrible construction, terrible fit, terrible fabrics, terrible colors, terrible embellishments. It's just rotten. So if Raf Simons/Dior is what is "relevant" now, then God help us all.

 

[Spike413]

Honestly I'm not sure that I get or agree with this move. It just doesn't make much sense to me, but then I suppose it doesn't have to.

As for the question of his relevance, considering how many younger designers have referenced and continue to reference (whether intentionally or not) his so called "irrelevant" work from the past, there should be no question at all.

 

[Marc10]

Honestly I am quite amused to see him fall, simply because of how arrogant and pretentious he is. But sure, his dated, distorted, sexist, shallow, plastic vision of fashion and femininity comes right after.

About the LA move, that's so stupid. It's better to stay in London or whatever other capital and deal with the bad reviews than become permanently irrelevant.

 

[Spike413]

^ So what you're saying is that because you don't share the same taste as someone and perceive him to be arrogant (cause let's be honest, you've never met him and don't know squat about what he's actually like as a person) you derive pleasure from what you view as his "failure".

If that's not the most blatant and pathetic example of why the age of the internet has bred a society of people who take pride in hating the most ridiculous of things for no good reason then I really, truly don't know what is.

You hate the man and his work. What legitimate reason -- other than spewing negativity -- did you have for clicking on a thread devoted entirely to him and his work? Honestly I feel like as a moderator you should probably set a better example than posting such unabashedly vitriolic comments.

 

[Phuel]

Yes, of course his clothes sell, dior. So does his cosmetics, fragrances and accessories. They're very high quality. But that just means Tom has a strong business that makes expensive, premium products. I do own some of it. I don't know about the quality of Dior because I'm neither a fan of Raf nor Kris.

We're talking about his current designs and the influences they have in high fashion, which no longer holds the prestige, the sway he had with Gucci. Even he knows how ridiculously elitist his return attitude towards his presentation was-- thus the complete 360 of streaming of his latest offering.

I do think that he's on to something with this LA stint. It's definitely a gamble; if his presentation in LA-- which is guaranteed to include his movie star friends, fail to ignite any buzz for his label, then his name will be tarnished. And It think the combination of LA/Hollywood, movie stars and Tom Ford happens to be quite a great match, so the odds are good for him...

 

[Marc10]

^ So what you're saying is that because you don't share the same taste as someone and perceive him to be arrogant (cause let's be honest, you've never met him and don't know squat about what he's actually like as a person) you derive pleasure from what you view as his "failure".

If that's not the most blatant and pathetic example of why the age of the internet has bred a society of people who take pride in hating the most ridiculous of things for no good reason then I really, truly don't know what is.

You hate the man and his work. What legitimate reason -- other than spewing negativity -- did you have for clicking on a thread devoted entirely to him and his work? Honestly I feel like as a moderator you should probably set a better example than posting such unabashedly vitriolic comments.

Where did I say I "hate the man and his work"? Hate is such a strong word. Yes I dislike his recent collections, yes I find him very pretentious and arrogant judging by his actions and interviews (and that's more than enough), and yes I find very amusing how his, again, pretentious and arrogant comeback totally backfired. As far as i'm aware, this is a thread to discuss his career and company, not a worship temple. Voicing a negative opinion doesn't make me "hater", it simply makes me someone with a different view than you.

 

[Spike413]

^ I think admitting to enjoying someone's apparent failure is the very definition of being a "hater" actually. You don't have to worship anything, but your particular comment didn't add anything of substance or quality to an ongoing discussion. Instead it loudly and proudly stated that you take amusement in his "fall" from relevance or whatever you want to label it and that was it.

 

[Thefrenchy]

^Aren't you overreacting a little? Tom has a very polarizing personality and has attempted to make such a big deal of his come-back that Marc10's reaction doesn't appear to be particularly nasty to me. While I am against hateful comments on the Internet, this wasn't one and I wouldn't have targeted Marc10 like you did. Maybe you should take a step back and consider the comment as what it was: simply someone's opinion.

 

[Littleathquakes]

And to add, I click on various threads through tfs - with no apparent aim or ulterior motive. Whatever happens to be at the top of the list, and if I feel interested, I'm clicking it and if I want to, I'll add to my 2 pennies. It has nothing to do with going into a thread with a purpose of "ruining" any ongoing discussions. I've been accused of that in the past, it's such a baseless accusation and worse, I find that such a cheap shot. It's akin to some pre-schoolers hogging the sandbox.

 

[Spike413]

You're entitled to disagree with me, and I respect that you might, but I stand by what I said. Honestly the amount of negativity that pervades many of the threads on this site is why I choose not to visit it like I once did.

I'll think twice before voicing concern that something comes off as negative bordering on nasty again. My bad.

 

[Chanelcouture09]

^Aren't you overreacting a little? Tom has a very polarizing personality and has attempted to make such a big deal of his come-back that Marc10's reaction doesn't appear to be particularly nasty to me. While I am against hateful comments on the Internet, this wasn't one and I wouldn't have targeted Marc10 like you did. Maybe you should take a step back and consider the comment as what it was: simply someone's opinion.

But the point you missed was that although it is his opinion some people online are stepping over the line of their opinion to being blatant bullies simply because it doesn't fit their ideal in their head purely because they are sitting behind the safety of their computer screens.

I can see both sides of the coin but at the same time Marc10's opinion is a little over embellished to call someone arrogant, sexist and shallow about someone we can only summarise from the handful of interviews we've all read about Tom.

What I would say is regardless of these statements if any of you guys saw him in the street you would all run up to him for an autograph and a picture.

 

[Creative]

It's really sad seeing him trying so hard. He's so lost is not even funny. Poor guy. From secret presentations and ‘hiding’ his clothes for six months to live-stream his shows... From NY, to London to LA. It doesn't get any more ridiculous than this.