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THE FASHION ENTREPRENEUR AND HIS SPECTACULAR REJUVENATION OF FIRST-CLASS STYLE. TOM FORD DEBUTS HIS MOST ANTICIPATED WOMENS-WEAR COLLECTION THIS SEASON.

8.THE ANTICIPATED CATWALK SHOW•

10. THE INVITATIONS•

15. TOM FORD INTERVIEW ON HIS LATEST COLLECTION

• 22. TF SEASONAL PICKS FOR

SPRING/SUMMER 2011•

24. TF CULTURE•

28. TF TRAVEL: 20 BEST COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN.

• 30. TF LIFESTYLE

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CONTENTSMARCH 2011

Tom Ford

TomFordThe return of this seasons most talked about fashion designer who em-braces detail in presenting a new take on the modern woman with the

glamour of striking bold colours, tassels and gold embellishments as he debuts his first womenswear line.

By Li. Hoang

Photography: Patrick Tulli

TOM FORD’S first womenswear collection was made all the more exciting by the secrecy that surrounded it.

Modelled by his most stylish friends, the pictures of the collec-tion were held back until the collection was

almost ready to arrive in stores.

Tom Ford is like an enigma wrapped in sex wrapped in a beautiful, leopard print dress. He’s an introvert-ed extrovert who knows how to turn it — whatever that may be — on in order to sell things he’s also a gay man who, in his own words, lusts after beautiful women.Ford is probably most well known for his overtly “sexy” style, with which he revolutionized Gucci and which has now become a staple of his eponymous lines. But how does Ford’s version of sex appeal jive with what some argue is the objectification of women.His comeback to womenswear after six years— with a show achieved in spectacular style in New York on September 12— is fashion meganews, not that he’s been sharing it with just anyone. He objects to the way the Internet eats up fashion images before the clothes can be bought. He despises sections of the press. “I do not understand everyone’s need to see every-thing online the day after a show,” he says. “I don’t think it ultimately serves the customer, which is the whole point of my business—not to serve journalists or the fashion system. To put something out that’s go-ing to be in a store in six months, and to see it on a starlet, ranked in US magazine next week? My cus-tomer doesn’t want to wear the same thing she saw on a starlet!” Private and formal are terms he favors now. And he’d rather people didn’t “Tom” him anymore. At 49, he lets it be known he prefers “Mr. Ford.”His plans for his debut were so secret, even Julianne Moore, his close friend and star of his movie A Single Man, didn’t really know what she was letting herself in for when she turned up at his men’s store on Madi-son Avenue. “He asked me to do this six months ago, but I thought we’d just all be standing around at a cocktail or something.”Ford’s most glamorous women friends and acquaint-ances, spanning Hollywood, music, society, and high fashion, had all dropped everything to fly in and mod-el for him, no questions asked. With 100 guests seated expectantly, Ford stood by a mantelpiece, in black tie, with a mic, and introduced his cast as “many of the world’s most inspirational women,” proceeding to

“It’s about

ndividuality.

Real clothes, re

al women.”

read out what they were wearing. “Ladies and gentle-men,” he declared, in old style–camp diction: “Please welcome . . . Miss Lauren Hutton, Miss Liya Kebede, Miss Rinko Kikuchi, Miss Rachel Feinstein, Miss Lisa Eisner, Miss Beyoncé Knowles, Miss Marisa Berenson, Miss Stella Tennant, Miss Amber Vallet-ta, Miss Natalia Vodianova, Miss Karen Elson, Miss Lakshmi Menon, Miss Karlie Kloss, Miss Abbey Lee Kershaw, Miss . . . Julianne Moore” “It’s about individuality. Real clothes, real women. For a fashionable woman aged 25 to 75. That’s why I literally put many of my own muses in the show. I hear them say, ‘God, I can’t find that anywhere!’ Even though Ford has been designing menswear for his own line since 2007—two years after he and his former Gucci Group CEO, Domenico de Sole, set up Tom Ford International and launched fragrances, eye-wear, and lipstick—it’s clearly taken time for him to want to go near womenswear again.In May, he made news by selling an Andy Warhol self-portrait for $32.6 million (more than double what it was expected to fetch), spending the profit on stores in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. He had met with—and rejected—outside investors. “What I want is the freedom to say, I really like fashion and I’m going to come back my way and never have some corporate person say, ‘But you can’t do it that way.’ My goal,” he enunciates with dead seriousness, “is to be like Armani and Chanel.”Once, he told me his greatest fear was having his name on his own label, because when he was an old man, he couldn’t bear the thought of driving past a store with his name on it and hating everything in it because he’d lost control (that was always Ford’s dark and chilling side, that terrifying habit of men-tally rushing forward past life to death). “And now I don’t care!” he exclaims. “The day I don’t love to do it, I’ll sell it. Because we’re all only here for a little while, and nothing we do or make has any perma-nence at all. I care now because I’m doing it. I want to be proud of what I do. Which may be ten or 20 years; who knows?” ❚

(Last updated: 24 Nov 2010)

Note: This issue goes on sale 27 April 2011.

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Tom Ford the brand, was created in April 2005 which led to several brand extensions over the past six years. His clothing line is renowned for style and sophistication dressing Hollywood’s leading actors for award ceremonies. Ford himself aims to focus on true luxury for individuals who want the best money can buy rather than mass market production. The Tom Ford brand extension has reached a global audience ranging from fragrances to cosmetics and eyewear. Its demographics cover an audience who have a high spending power and an eye for quality. Tom Ford Magazine has been brought to readers to inform them of the brand’s current projects de-signed to entice readers without losing the brand identity. Its editorial pages are bold, yet simple so they can identify well with the Tom Ford philosophy that is, luxury, effortless style and quality. Typical readers are women aged 24-50 years old, who are confident, beautiful individuals who know how to wear themselves gracefully. The magazine, distributed quarterly will focus mainly on the brand’s fashion line, lifestyle and culture.

Brand Profile

Brand HistoryIn April 2005, Tom Ford announced the creation of the Tom Ford brand. Formerly Gucci’s Group President and Creative Director of Yves Saint Lau-rent, Ford launched his eyewear range. Since the launch, the eyewear collection has ranked in the top 3 brands at speciality stores worldwide.

Demographics• Market: Consumer Fashion• Occupation: Professionals• Women of wealth and leisure• Women from affluent communities• Women with multiple residences• Women who are fashionable and take great

care in their apperance.

Psychographics• Wants prestige, luxury and privelege • Values quality, exclusivity, style and fine living• Aspires to be respected, inspirational, worldly

and elegant

Core Identity• Bold, classic and confident style• Attention to detail to greatly valued• The brand is a lifestyle

Visual Identity• The visual identity presents a confident

women who knows who she is and what she wants to wear. She doesn’t change her style often, wearing timeless pieces.

• The brand personality is daring and some-times sexual

Value Proposition• Tom Ford’s monochome logo is recognised

easily representing its boldness for fashion. • The emotional benefits of the brand leaves

women feeling exceptional, powerful and super confident.

• The brand’s self expressive benefits allow women to express their confidence through their clothes.

Aims for 2011• Focus on the womenswear line and reach the target audiences • Extend the brand’s digital platforms

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2 (Aug-Oct 2011) 12/05/2011 27/07/11

3 (Nov-Jan 2012) 12/08/2011 27/10/11

4 (Feb-Apr 2012) 12/10/2011 27/01/12

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