Oh the hair! The makeup! The dress! The earrings! The cigarette holder!
Tom Ford began as a designer for Gucci in the early 90s and then moved on to Yves Saint Laurent before beginning his own line "Tom Ford" in the mid 2000s. In the past few years he has really blown up, at least in my fashion lovin' eyes. His designs, which are fantastic, are not only in the magazines, but he is in them as well. He has begun modeling his own line - which is completely okay by me. He has an instinct for what is sexy with out being over the top and with being over the top (see his ads for his men's cologne; I don't dare post them myself!) Mr. Ford is without a doubt a very sexy man: that jawline, his five o'clock shadow, that sexy-deviant smirk. And I don't think anyone looks better in a tuxedo. He is polished and rugged at the same time - he is, well, a bit of sex on a stick.
He designs exquisitely for both men and women- his new spring line for women is amazing. Notice the hemlines on the dresses - they hit right below the knee. The white suit shows no skin.Yet they exude sex appeal. I especially love the black backless dress which I first saw in the latest issue of Elle magazine on Katie Holmes; she wore the dress with white pumps and it was perfection. When women and men alike wear Ford they look hot, they look like fun, they look like sex. Very glamorous sex.
Despite all this, it wasn't until early last year that I understood the talent and force that is Tom Ford. His directorial debut "A Single Man" was showing in Landmark theaters everywhere and my boyfriend was taking me (for our anniversary) to see a film about a gay man directed by a gay fashion designer. I was very happy. When I was in the theater with my cherry coke I became astonished. The film was beautiful: the colors, the clothes, the scenery. The 1960s were fascinating to begin with; now they had the genius eye of Tom Ford to boot. Julianne Moore was nothing short of perfection. Each frame as a still could be a Vogue fashion spread. The music, the fashion, the story, the acting: Julianne Moore, Colin Firth - if beauty and fabulousness could kill, I'd surely be dead. Bravo, Mr. Ford, Bravo.
