Sophisticated and sexy: that’s been the Tom Ford message since its founding almost 20 years ago. With his second runway collection, Tom Ford’s newly appointed creative director, Peter Hawkings, stayed true to making clothes for the Tom Ford girl. One glance at this collection and you know exactly who this girl is. She embodies beauty with the energy she exudes and no one could ever tell her differently. She does what she wants galavanting around in only the finest fashions with the Tom Ford man at her side who matches her elegance.
A series of military jackets hit the runway first, with sharp lines and a dark color palette. Neutrals quickly swept in with chic ’70s-inspired looks consisting of large fur coats, suits, and maxi dresses that evoke a special glamour of the past. Rich black and brown leather follows with coats and sets that mean business with a suggestive edge.
We finally receive our first pop of color towards the end of the show and it’s worth the wait. Purple creeps in starting with extremely light hues and quickly shifts to ultraviolet with head-turning designs. Any woman wearing one of these purple Tom Ford creations is guaranteed to be the center of everyone’s attention.
The collection ends with sultry black gowns and catsuits fit for any fashionable femme fatale. Cutout dresses reveal skin in all the right places while fully sheer dresses sell us the perfect amount of sex.