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Tom Ford: ‘I Believe in Fashion, Absolutely’

Tim Blanks sits down with the American designer to discuss cancel culture, turning 60, mortality and the future of the Tom Ford brand, courtesy of ES Magazine.
A portrait of designer Tom Ford and his late husband Richard Buckley featured in Tom Ford 002. Simon Perry.
A portrait of designer Tom Ford and his late husband Richard Buckley featured in Tom Ford 002. Simon Perry.
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Tom Ford turned 60 at the end of August. If it was less so for him, the birthday was surely some kind of watershed for popular culture. The man whose libertine sensibility helped shape a quarter of a century of style was now easing into his seventh decade. That was enough to make anyone stop and wonder where time goes.

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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