\nThomas Carlyle Ford (Tom Ford) s-a n\u0103scut pe 27 august 1961 \u00een Austin, Texas, \u00een familia agen\u0163ilor imobiliari Shirley Burton \u015fi Thomas David Ford. La v\u00e2rsta de 11 ani, s-a mutat cu familia \u00een Santa Fe, New Mexico, iar dup\u0103 absolvirea liceului a plecat la studii \u00een New York.
\nFord s-a \u00eenscris la \u015fcoala de design Parsons, iar \u00een ultimul an de studii a petrecut un semestru la Paris, unde a lucrat ca intern \u00een biroul de pres\u0103 al casei de mod\u0103 Chlo\u00e9\u2019s, post care l-a motivat \u00een alegerea unei cariere \u00een fashion.
\nTendin\u0163ele sale \u00een materie de crea\u0163ii vestimentare au fost influen\u0163ate mai ales de era disco glamour a cluburilor. La terminarea studiilor, Ford a ob\u0163inut o diplom\u0103 \u00een arhitectur\u0103.
\n\u00cen ciuda lipsei de experien\u0163\u0103 \u00een fashion, Ford a insistat zilnic, timp de o lun\u0103, s\u0103 ob\u0163in\u0103 un job \u00een compania de articole sportive a designerului american Cathy Hardwick. Mai t\u00e2rziu, ea a povestit c\u0103 l-a primit la interviu cu inten\u0163ia clar\u0103 de a-i t\u0103ia orice speran\u0163\u0103. Totu\u015fi, la sf\u00e2r\u015fit, Ford era angajat. \u201eL-am \u00eentrebat care sunt designerii s\u0103i prefera\u0163i din Europa \u015fi mi-a r\u0103spuns: Chanel \u015fi Armani. Dup\u0103 doi ani, a recunoscut c\u0103 mi-a dat acest r\u0103spuns deoarece \u00een acea zi purtam crea\u0163ii ale celor doi.\u201d \u00centre 1988 \u015fi 1990, Ford a lucrat pentru brandul Perry Ellis, \u00eens\u0103 dup\u0103 doi ani s-a hot\u0103r\u00e2t c\u0103 este timpul pentru o schimbare. \u201ePropria mea cultur\u0103 m\u0103 inhiba. Prea mult stil \u00een America \u00eenseamn\u0103 kitsch. Europenii, \u00een schimb, \u00eel apreciaz\u0103\u201d, a povestit acesta \u00eentr-un interviu pentru New York Times.
\n\u00cen 1990, Ford a fost angajat de casa de mod\u0103 Gucci, a\u015fa c\u0103 a fost nevoit s\u0103 se mute la Milano. \u00cen numai doi ani, a ob\u0163inut pozi\u0163ia de director de design. El a depus o munc\u0103 asidu\u0103 \u00een cadrul casei de mod\u0103 \u015fi uneori lucra 18 ore pe zi la 11 linii de produc\u0163ie \u00een paralel. \u00cen 1994, Ford a fost promovat \u00een func\u0163ia de director de crea\u0163ie \u015fi, datorit\u0103 inova\u0163iilor sale, v\u00e2nz\u0103rile casei de mod\u0103, care se afla \u00een pragul falimentului c\u00e2nd designerul fusese angajat, au crescut \u00een 1995-1996 cu 90%, ajung\u00e2nd la valoarea de 4 miliarde de dolari.
\n\u00cen 1999, Gucci a achizi\u0163ionat Yves Saint Laurent, iar Ford a fost numit directorul de crea\u0163ie al casei de mod\u0103. \u00cen 2004, \u00een urma unor ne\u00een\u0163elegeri, Ford a p\u0103r\u0103sit Gucci, experien\u0163\u0103 care l-a devastat \u015fi pe care a numit-o un fel de criz\u0103 a v\u00e2rstei de mijloc. Dup\u0103 plecarea sa, a fost nevoie s\u0103 fie angajate patru persoane pentru a acoperi volumul de munc\u0103 al acestuia.
\n\u00cen 2006, designerul \u015fi-a lansat propria cas\u0103 de mod\u0103, pe care a numit-o Tom Ford, iar \u00een pozi\u0163ia de pre\u015fedinte al brandului a fost numit Dominico De Sole. Printre personalit\u0103\u0163ile care au purtat \u0163inute semnate Tom Ford se num\u0103r\u0103 Michelle Obama, Beyonc\u00e9, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Ryan Gosling \u015fi Will Smith. Ford a creat \u015fi \u0163inutele lui Daniel Craig pentru ultimele trei produc\u0163ii ale seriei James Bond: Quantum of Solace, Skyfall \u015fi Spectre. \u00cen 2013, rapperul Jay Z a lansat un c\u00e2ntec numit Tom Ford. Designerul s-a f\u0103cut cunoscut \u015fi \u00een industria cinematografic\u0103, prin regizarea produc\u0163iilor A Single Man (2009) \u015fi Nocturnal Animals (2016), nominalizate la Oscar. Ford a fost criticat \u00een numeroase r\u00e2nduri pentru folosirea nudurilor feminine \u00een campaniile sale.
\nEl este c\u0103s\u0103torit cu jurnalistul Richard Buckley, cu care are o rela\u0163ie \u00eenc\u0103 din 1986. Cei doi tr\u0103iesc \u00een Italia. \u00cen 2013, averea designerului era estimat\u0103 de site-ul therichest.com la peste 200 de milioane de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A transformat una dintre cele mai cunoscute case de mod\u0103 din lume dintr-o companie aflat\u0103 \u00een pragul falimentului, \u00eentr-un brand de miliarde de dolari. \u00cen 2006, Tom Ford \u015fi-a lansat propria cas\u0103 de mod\u0103, iar ast\u0103zi este unul dintre cei mai aprecia\u0163i designeri la nivel mondial. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[15679,7179,5453,4131,272,215,7664,7140,47,161,6481,292,9759,15645,7853,241],"class_list":["post-162110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-apreciere","tag-brand","tag-casa","tag-case","tag-companie","tag-designeri","tag-faliment","tag-ford","tag-lansare","tag-miliarde","tag-moda","tag-mondial","tag-numire","tag-prag","tag-studiu","tag-transformare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}