Tom Ford
Designer: Tom Ford

• “The former Gucci kingpin conjured up a vibrant spectacle, characterised by luxurious furs, flashes of fuchsia and purple along with slinky black eveningwear and pop-art inspired sequined designs.” [AFP]
• “The outfits were not revealing but very feminine and flattering.” [AP]
• “An explosively brilliant show crammed full of stye, panache, intelligence, and wit.” [The Daily Beast]
• “The outfits were demure without being dull, feminine and flattering without being twee (never a word you’d hear mentined in the same breath as Tom Ford, that’s for sure).” [The Daily Mail]
• “Wild, crazy, graphic-printed, and eye-catching: Tom Ford’s Fall ’13 collection–the first public runway debut of his eponymous line–is a clearly defined departure from minimalism and a serious rebel yell to all-out decadence.” [FabSugar]
• “Ford likes to have fun, and if any one adjective describes this show, that’s it.” [fashionologie]
• “Owed more to the tropes of red-carpet glamour than to the current brutalist-chic, bench-in-an-office-block fashion-week aesthetic. What’s more, the clothes paid not the barest lipservice to current catwalk memes: no kilt-pins, no beanies, no flat shoes, just sumptuous evening gowns, ornate tailoring and luxurious coats, maximalist in aesthetic but sharply executed.” [The Guardian]
• “In the collection’s OTT essence, you could sense some defiance on Ford’s part. After all, he’s back in a race he wrote off as “rat” seven years ago. But damn it if he’s not going to try and do it his way, one more time.” [Style.com]
• “American designer Tom Ford unveiled his womenswear line to the world on Monday in a lavish London Fashion Week debut that will help seal the city’s credentials as a major international fashion hub.” [Reuters]
• “Glam rock met pop art in an ornate British palace in St James, courtesy of Mr. Tom Ford, tonight. It was, effectively, his first fully public comeback runway show since he founded his own label—and it hit an exuberant none-too-serious note.” [Vogue.com]
• “Subtlety was ruled out from the start. For his grand reentrance to the formal fashion schedule, Tom Ford booked Lancaster House, a historic former home of English aristocrats. It was by far the most impressive venue on the London circuit. The room was waiting to be wowed, which is what Ford knows how to do.” [WWD]