Following the death of her mother, her father left her in an orphanage where she lived until the age of 18. She followed this success with a couture house, opened in 1915 in Biarritz.īut Chanel was not born into a life of glamour. Soon she added a sportswear store in the Normandy resort town of Deauville, where Coco set the tone for her defining sense of style - traditionally masculine garments reimagined for feminine shapes, made from simple jersey fabric.Įffortless and elegant, Chanel's designs promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by complicated layers of fabric and cumbersome corsets. The boutique drew the attention of the Parisian fashion elite who popularized her wide-brimmed Chanel Modes hats. The first Chanel shop was established in 1910 in Paris on rue Cambon by the young milliner Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971), who had picked up the nickname “Coco” while working as a club singer. Today vintage Chanel handbags, jackets and evening dresses are among the most sought-after clothing and accessories for fashion lovers all over the world. Ford broke into film directing with the critically acclaimed A Single Man in 2009 and Nocturnal Animals in 2016, continuing to blur the boundaries between fashion and culture.įind vintage Tom Ford day dresses, purses, shoes and other clothing and accessories now on 1stDibs.In the years following the opening of her modest millinery shop, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel became a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls.
The brand has expanded into womens wear, beauty, accessories - vintage Tom Ford handbags are universally adored by celebrities and collectors alike - as well as eyewear and fragrance, with the unisex Black Orchid introduced in 2006. In 2006, with De Sole as chairman, Ford launched his wildly successful eponymous menswear label. In 2004, Ford and Gucci president Domenico De Sole left the company after failing to agree on the renewal of their contracts. Each promoted a vision of modern fashion where women were sexually confident, the materials were luxurious and the styles were fearless. Gucci's Fall/Winter 1997 campaign featured Carolyn Murphy grasping Angela Lindvall in what looked like a video still in another shot, a face pressed against a foot in a lipstick-red heel. He also cranked up the seduction in the provocative ads for the fashion house, particularly with regard to campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, which Gucci acquired in 1999 (Ford was also named creative director for YSL and designed the brand’s ready-to-wear collection). Vogue critic Sarah Mower called it “one of those hitting-in-the-solar-plexus moments.”Īs Ford shot to fame, he continued to explore plunging necklines, such as in the black and white looks of the Fall 1996 collection, and sumptuous fabrics like leather and tweed, with the Fall 2000 ready-to-wear collection ranging from sultry silk evening dresses to plush belted coats. His fall 1995 show, in which Kate Moss walked down the runway in an unbuttoned satin shirt, velvet hip-huggers and tousled hair, heralded an exciting, glammed-up era for the once fusty brand. He soon infused the brand with a fresh sensuality and bold style. After Mello left in 1994, following a Bahrain-based investment group becoming Gucci’s majority shareholder, Ford was named creative director. In 1990, Gucci’s creative director Dawn Mello hired him as a womens-wear designer.Īt the time, the Italian label was better known for leather goods than luxury fashion. The rest of the decade he worked for designers Perry Ellis and Cathy Hardwick.
He studied architecture at Parsons School of Design before shifting his focus to fashion and spending time at the Parsons Paris campus, graduating in 1985. He became a regular at Studio 54, with its decadent nightlife later informing his high-octane fashion. He briefly attended New York University, where he studied art history before dropping out to pursue acting. The designer, author, film director and chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is one of the most successful people working in fashion today.īorn in Austin, Texas, Ford grew up in the suburbs of Houston and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
No one understands sex appeal quite like American designer Tom Ford.Īn avowed perfectionist from an early age, Ford was rearranging furniture at the age of six and offering his mother advice on her hair and shoes.
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