Tom Ford & A New Line of Unisex Fragrances
Business, ProductsThe much awaited Black Orchid by Tom Ford that will come out this fall has been unveiled for WWD. It is an opportunity for Ford to express some of his ideas about the contemporary fragrance scene. As he states,"For the last decade, I think we've…
Accessory Brand Launch: Tom Ford
Business, ProductsEyewear is often one of the last categories a designer building a brand launches, but not for Tom Ford. After departing as creative director of Gucci Group in 2004, Ford returned to fashion by unveiling an eponymous collection of sunglasses.…
New website Tom Ford
Business, PersonalFinally, Tom Ford launched his first website, which features evocative images of his eyewear, as well as information on his new fragrance, Tom Ford Black Orchid, and the impending launch of his men’s wear collection, now slated for April…
Armani, Tom Ford Challenge Savile Row With $20K Suits
Business, Future plans, ProductsGiorgio Armani, Jil Sander and Tom Ford are introducing fully hand-stitched, custom-made suits costing as much as $20,000 in a challenge to London's renowned center of the bespoke. The target is a gent like George Clooney instead of Prince Charles. Armani,…
Tom Ford Black Orchid and Tom Ford Private Blend : New Fragrances
Business, ProductsTom Ford Black Orchid is about to make it debut this fall. The fragrance was created by the Givaudan team and it "has top notes of French jasmine, black gardenia, ylang ylang, bergamot, mandarin and effervescent citrus; a heart of Tom Ford black…
Exclusive! Tom Ford’s New Face!
Business, Future plans, Model, Products Julia Restoin Roitfeld: Tom Ford’s new woman. Clad in a gray three-piece suit, white shirt unbuttoned, and tan as ever, Tom Ford personally greeted high profile editors this morning, including Anna Wintour, Glenda Bailey, and Robbie Myers…
Delaying Tom Ford
Business, Future plans, ProductsStore and collection to now launch in early spring It’s going to be next spring before Tom Ford’s legion of fashion-forward fans will be able to procure something from his eponymous collections. Ford’s spokeswoman cited permit delays…
Tom Ford, Clothing Designer, Will Open Store of His Own
Business, Future plans, ProductsPutting an end to months of speculation about his future in fashion, the designer Tom Ford announced yesterday that he would open his first store, in New York. The three-story 10,000-square-foot space on Madison Avenue, set to open in November,…
I have designs on the world, says Tom Ford
Business, Future plans, ProductsHilary Alexander, Fashion Director, at Paris Fashion Week Tom Ford, the multi-millionaire fashion designer who left Gucci in 2004, is launching his own menswear label and chain of exclusive shops worldwide, it was announced yesterday. Tom…
Madison Ave. run for Ford
BusinessFashion icon Tom Ford is bringing his sexy star power to Madison Ave., with his first retail store slated to debut in late fall.Ford and business partner Domenico De Sole, who took the Gucci brand from the brink of extinction to the height of…
Possible Ford deal with Zegna
Business, Future plansTom Ford is expected to announce as early as today that he has signed a manufacturing deal for his signature men's wear collection with Ermenegildo Zegna, reports Women's Wear Daily. The industry has speculated about who Ford would turn…
Tom Ford in clothing pact for flagship store
Business, ProductsDesigner Tom Ford, formerly creative director of Gucci, plans to expand the product line at his Manhattan flagship boutique, which is slated to open later this year. Mr. Ford signed a deal with Italian clothing manufacturer Ermenegildo…
Seductive / Tom Ford
Business, Competitions, Future plans, Model, Personal, Products, Socializing, SocietyWhen Tom Ford resigned as creative director of the Gucci Group, loyal fashionistas from W Magazine ("it's a devastating shake-up") to money mavens at the Financial Times ("it really feels as if the foundations have been shaken") all sobbed into…
Is Tom Ford’s jacket no longer buttoning all the way up?
Business, PersonalPink rose petals cascaded from the ceiling at fashion week in Milan almost two years ago, at Tom Ford's farewell show as the chief designer for Gucci after a triumphant 13 years. Nobody imagined - least of all himself - that the perennially…