Tom Ford Final

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In November 2022, the famous designer and director Tom Ford sold his brand of the same name to the American cosmetics company The Estée Lauder for $ 2.8 billion. The fact of Tom Ford sale became known in August of the same year.

Source: Nicolas Genin 

The Estée Lauder already owns such cosmetic brands as:

  • La Mer
  • Bobbi Brown
  • Clinique

“I am very pleased with this deal, because Estée Lauder is the perfect home for my brand. He has been an incredible partner since the day my company was founded, and I`m glad to see that they will manage it in this new chapter” – Tom Ford said about selling the brand.

Source: Brands Book

The Tom Ford brand appeared in 2005.

The designer has returned strict elegance back to the fashion world. Glamour has become the main focus of the brand. Luxury classic has made the brand really successful.

In 2023, the designer said goodbye to runway work and admirers with his clip “Tom Ford Final”.

There we can see the autumn/winter 2023 collection called “Tom Ford Archive Collection”. It included some of the brightest hits of the last 13 years of the brand work. The director was Steven Klein.

In the clips for the latest collection there are such models as Karlie Kloss, Karen Elson, Joan Smalls, Amber Valletta.

Source: WWD

During his career, Tom Ford was also a designer of Gucci women’s clothes, worked at Perry Ellis and Cathy Hardwick.

Nowadays Tom Ford wants to devote his time to directing. The designer already has two famous films:

  • «Nocturnal Animals» is a psychological thriller that has won a Golden Lion, an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award and other awards. The film appeared on screens in 2016.
  • «A Single Man» was released in 2009. The drama is differ by the special thoughtfulness of the patterns of the actors in the style of the 60s. The film received an Oscar nomination and a Volpi Cup award at the Venice Film Festival for Best Actor.

The works were highly appreciated by critics. Both films show Tom Ford not only from the director’s side, but also reveal him as a brilliant fashion designer.