Tom Ford

The designer’s life story and lessons, success in the fashion industry and story behind the designs.

Tom Ford as you may know him is a well known male fashion designer and film maker, he directed films like single man in 2009 and nocturnal animal in 2016. He revived the Gucci brand fashion house o which he received credits as the creative director.

His early education starts with him attending New York university then later Parsons school of design the new school in New York.

As https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tom-Ford claims that Ford He graduated in 1986 with a degree in interior architecture and then worked during the late 1980s as an in-house designer at New York fashion houses Perry Ellis and Cathy Hardwick. He was hired in 1990 by Dawn Mello, then Gucci’s creative director, and began work as the company’s in-house designer.

This is New York fashion week, and of course the designer himself is american as well as being a film maker which links into why most of the cloths he designs seem to have that lively dramatic spirit.

according to https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/tom-ford/ In March 2019, Ford was voted chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), succeeding Diane von Furstenberg, who held the position for 13 years.Ford has gathered recognition throughout his career spanning 28 years, collecting accolades such as the CDFA International award, Board of Directors Special Tribute and 2008 Designer of the year, named in the 2011Timetop 100 list of influential people, four VH-1 /Vogue Fashion Awards, two ACE awards from the US Accessory Council,GQman of the year award in 2000, the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design and was nominated for a BFA Designer Brand award in 2012.

The story behind his collection link back to his film maker role and even his interest in photography.

Attached is one of his fragrance brand but he has designed many more like dresses and even sunglasses.

Each day or even week depending on my busy schedule i would often research fashion, arts and music. As i am slowly becoming interested in journalism again a and the role behind a a journalist and the accountability, more articles on travelling, cities and towns will be written about constructive criticism like music, movies, tv shows and theatre and also about books.