Tom Ford has been fashion’s darling since he stepped into Gucci in 1990. In just four years he rose to become creative director, and by 1999 had made the near bankrupt house valued at over $4 billion.
Then, after heading up the esteemed house of Yves Saint Laurent from 1999 - 2004, he founded his own eponymous label, Tom Ford, in 2006. Nearly two decades on, the Texan-born, 61-year-old designer has just presented his “final collection.” It comes after news broke Ford and his longtime business partner Domenico De Sole sold the company to Estée Lauder for around $3 billion in August last year.
