Tom Ford

Colin Firth on Tom Ford's directorial debut in A Single Man, in which he's starring: "If he turns his hand to this with the brilliance that he's turned his hand to everything else that he's ever done in his life, it'll be a masterpiece." [Vogue UK]

Anna Wintour would like to get Michelle Obama on the cover of Vogue. [WWD] 

Here's a preview of Thakoon Panichgul's resort-ready line for Target, slated to hit stores on Christmas. [Racked]   read more »

Marc Jacobs, along with Kate Moss and Justin Timberlake, are confirmed to co-chair the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Gala in May with Anna Wintour. [Vogue UK]

The new celebrity trend is not to wear the actual designer handbag, but rather the dust bag in which it is sold, as seen on Keira Knightley and Jake Gyllenhaal. [Vogue UK] 

Zac Posen has made a promotional video urging people to vote on Tuesday which is being screened on fashionthevote.org. He also suggests you wear blue on Tuesday and accent it with red. [WWD]  read more »

Victoria Beckham has been announced as the face of Emporio Armani underwear collection for women; her husband, David Beckham, has been modeling for the men's collection. [Vogue UK]

Ms. Beckham is also reportedly running in the New York City marathon this Sunday. [NBC via Racked] 

Designer Tom Ford will make his much-awaited directorial debut with A Single Man, an adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel, starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, and Matthew Goode. [THR]   read more »

Despite his catch phrases, Project Runway winner Christian Siriano is struggling to transform his reality TV fame into sales. [WSJ]

Tom Ford on the rumor that he's difficult to work for: "I don't think I'm a megalomaniac, though you'd have to ask the people who work with me. Either we click or they don't last very long. Do I throw tantrums? Yes. But more with Richard [Buckley, Mr. Ford's partner], at home if he's forgotten to buy milk." [Vogue UK] 

Tory Burch said that despite the current state of the economy, she does not plan on selling her label. But a 30 percent stake might be for sale. [WWD  read more »

Next week, Opening Ceremony will put American designers aside in favor of featuring young Japanese designers whom owners Humerto Leon and Carol Lim discovered on their travels through Tokyo. [WWD]

Naomi Campbell's billionaire Russian boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, bought her a $18.5 million penthouse in Brazil. [P6]

Tom Ford is co-hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama at the Beverly Hills home of the Creative Artists Agency’s Bryan Lourd, and Michelle Obama is slated to attend. [WWD]  read more »

Tom Ford and Valentino saw my toenail fungus. I am suffering from foot shame.

Let’s dial back. All of us think we have gorgeous feet, especially when we are young. I always thought mine were kind of fabulous: sturdy little Celtic hooves, perfectly in proportion with my gnomelike physique. My high insteps recall, at least to my eyes, the famous Avedon pics of Rudolf Nureyev’s appendages.

Suddenly last spring, that all changed.  read more »

There I was, skipping along the beach in Florida when I suddenly noticed that my right big toenail looked radically different. It bore a blotch the color of scrambled egg.

Carla Bruni says she was seduced by Nicolas Sarkozy's "physique and intelligence" in a new book, Carla and Nicolas, The True Story. [P6]

Ethan Hawke can't get out of jury duty. [P6]  read more »

Lindsay Lohan doesn't want her "girlfriend," Sam Ronson, talking to people, gets upset when she ignores her. [P6]

Lydia Hearst will reportedly make an appearance on Gossip Girl! Lydia Hearst on Gossip Girl! [P6]  read more »

In the wonderful world of fashion, 2007 was the year designers sent up a collective chorus, begging, “Look at me!”—or, so says today’s Styles section in the Times. Revisiting disastrous runway trends that add up to a mere style-free cesspool, the piece points specifically to the hard-to-ignore lack of non-white models, Dolce & Gabbana’s atrocious “fantasy-rape” ad and a gaggle of designers who had cameos on lowbrow T.V. shows.

Perhaps Vera Wang’s bizarre appearance on Ugly Betty rings a few bells? Marc Jacobs on The Hills?

What’s more, 2007 was also the year when Tom Ford demanded that his spread for Out magazine’s November issue be re-shot because—why else?—he thought it seemed odd to appear fully-clothed while showering with two naked dudes.  read more »

Our fellow blog, The Culture Czar, reported earlier today that the storied Gucci dynasty will be the subject of a new film by blood-and-guts director Ridley Scott. (Yes, the same guy who made Gladiator and G.I. Jane.) What’s more, as Fashionista reminded us this afternoon, Mr. Scott is not altogether ill-prepared to take on such a stylish subject, however much blood gets spilled. He shot a short for Prada last winter, in which Canadian model Daria Werbowy dons several archived outfits made by the Italian clothier. Apparently, the theme of the mini-film came from a poem the director’s daughter, Jordan, stumbled across. We’re on pins and needles to see if Mr. Ford will be played by Blow Out’s Jonathan Antin or Entourage’s Jeremy Piven.  read more »

Last night, there was a party for artist and photographer Marilyn Minter’s eponymous new coffee-table book at the vault-like Tom Ford boutique on the corner of 70th and Madison Avenue (forgot that Tom Ford, former designer for Gucci, has a boutique? We forgive you).

Think low suede chairs, snakeskin-covered coffee tables, and a disproportionately high number of handsome young men wearing slicked-back hair and very tight pants navigating their way through a cloud of Mr. Ford’s Black Orchid cologne. Champagne, white wine and vodka only—no stains allowed in this joint!  read more »

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Crain's is reporting that Tom Ford has agreed to produce a line of clothing for Ermenegildo Zegna, which, at least at first, would only be available at Ford's new digs, planned as a Madison Avenue flagship that would kick off a series of Tom Ford-branded stores.

Mr. Ford signed a deal with Italian clothing manufacturer Ermenegildo Zegna Group to create a menswear line, which will include ready-to-wear and made-to-measure clothing, footwear, and accessories. Initially, the line will be available only at the Manhattan store, with wider distribution beginning in 2007.

The 10,000-aquare-foot store, on Madison between 70th and 71st Streets (which used to house Gianfranco Ferre, and is a block from the Rhinelander mansion home of the Ralph Lauren flagship) will open with the Zegna-Ford fall clothing line.  read more »

- Tom McGeveran

This weekend brings the third annual version of the New York Times Magazine's Hollywood Issue--er, ah, "Great Performers photographic portfolio." Because, y'know, it's not about cramming the magazine with photographs of celebrities; it's about cramming the magazine with photographs of artists. Or, as the magazine puts it, "Twenty-four portraits that limn the faces and bodies of 26 actors--some tabloid famous, others all but unknown--in ways that startle, seduce and reveal."

Thus the self-loathing celebrity-sniffers at the Times Magazine, following the lead of the self-loathing celebrity-sniffers at Vanity Fair, have set out to make this year's issue as icky as possible. You see, it's not really starfucking if it's kinky.

So where Vanity Fair had Tom Ford turn Reese Witherspoon into a creepy child sex-doll, the Times Magazine has Ines van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin turn Reese Witherspoon into a creepy greaseball junkie covered with fake neck tattoos. And where Tom Ford surrounded George Clooney with damp ladies in unwashed-looking underwear, van Lamsweerde and Matadin limn a subtly Manimal-ized Clooney, with cat-pupil eyes.  read more »

Now, that's the sort of startling, revealing movie-star image subversion you don't see every day...Oh, wait:

Tom Ford needs a really big house in his native Santa Fe, and now he can have it! So said the Historic Design Review Board of the Santa Fe city council, in an 11 p.m. vote Tuesday night. (Thanks to Luxist for the initial link.) The Free New Mexican says:

Ford, 44, who grew up in Santa Fe, attended the meeting in his trademark outfit: a white shirt with its top buttons open, a dark sports coat, jeans and cowboy boots. He has said he needs a large house to accommodate his family, which often visits him. He already owns the east-side home where he grew up, plus a ranch with an orchard and vineyard near Galisteo, where he is building a house. He also has homes in Los Angeles and London.

Well, his plans to build a 14,000-square-foot hilltop home hovering over the east side of Santa Fe have already been through the wringer. Here's his "design consultant," Jennifer Jenkins:

Jenkins said the overall square-footage of the plan had been reduced by about 4,000 feet since it was first brought before the review board in December. She also said the garage had been scaled down, the height of the rooftops reduced and the exterior lighting overhauled to protect the view of the night sky. She read letters from Ford supporters who said Santa Fe was lucky to have a “local boy” turned celebrity who wants to return home.

Umm, in Santa Fe the locals are a smidgen jumpy about that last bit.  read more »

Just read the pages and pages of comments under the New Mexican piece to absorb the latent text about sexuality, class and race for yourself--or sample a couple of choice ones after the jump!

The Daily News tries to make up for yesterday's lack of wordplay on the Busta Rhymes video shooting by coming up with lame wordplay instead. Still, it's doing a full-front follow story on the crime, while the Post wanders off into celebrity grab-bag territory. "Britney baby shocker"? Because she didn't use a car seat? Sheesh. The only Britney baby shocker is if that kid reaches a single developmental milestone on time. As for the page-dominating nudie photo--which is basically a free front-page ad for Vanity Fair--well, Tom Ford is officially so repulsive that his repulsiveness overpowers the effects of two naked movie stars. Feh.  read more »

Winner: Daily News Overall standings: Daily News 17, New York Post 21

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