In 1994, Tom Ford, the newly-appointed creative director of Gucci, invented sex. Technically, people had been bonking for a while before then, but it was the Texan designer who first beat the drum for greased-up, high-class, tectonic plate-shifting levels of horn. Throughout his decade-long reign at the Italian label, Ford’s collections brimmed with revealing cut-outs, navel-grazing silk shirts, and knee-skimming shoelace chokers. And occasionally, when the build-up of desire became too much to bear, models would swagger onto the runway in nothing but a g-string and a pair of chelsea boots. If sex sells, Tom Ford was its merchant-in-chief.
Prior to his tenure at Gucci, Ford had been working under Marc Jacobs at Perry Ellis. As a relatively unknown designer, not only did his appointment as creative director come as a surprise, it was met with disapproval – an American at an Italian heritage brand, whatever next? But within a year, Gucci’s profits rose by 90 per cent and the pre
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Most Anticipated Shows of NYFW
Most Anticipated Shows of NYFW
Promises enthralling escapism
February 14, 2021
Shortened to just 3 days, New York Fashion Week will mostly take place in the phygital mediascape. This is with the exception of live, socially distanced shows by Jason and Rebecca Minkoff.
Similar to last season, most American fashion designers make the unavoidable shift to virtual showcases via livestreams, look books, presentations, short movies and other digital forms. A stark contrast to the social grandiosity that characteristically informed the in-person productions in years prior to the pandemic.
Despite slim budgets, supply chain chaos and the sheer mental and physical toll incited by COVID-19, the unfortunate hardships of this current reality have inspired innovative means for designers to share their creations. Moschino gowns were brought to us through a ventriloquist show, GCDS animated models and their A-l