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TOM FORD
"Tom Ford enrolled on an art history
course at New York University and was also trained as an actor. It
was there he discovered the seminal Studio 54 nightclub and Warhol’s
Factory, where he met pop artist Andy Warhol for the first time.
From then on, school was out and partying was in, in, in. Signing up
as a model – at one point he had no fewer than 12 TV commercials
running at the same time – he dropped out of NYU after his freshman
year. Tom Ford transferred to
Parsons School of Design in New York studying interior
architecture. He later moved on to finish his studies at Parsons in
Paris, France. By the end of the course Ford he realized that he
wanted to work in fashion. As soon as his studies were completed in
1986, Ford quickly returned to New York where he began his
professional training.
In 1986, he
joined the creative staff of the American famous designer
Cathy Hardwick. Then, in 1988, a big career move came up
when he made the transition to
Perry Ellis where he took on the position of Design
Director under Marc Jacobs. Tom didn't make a name for
himself in the business until he relocated to Europe in 1990
and landed a position with
Gucci. Tom's partner, journalist Richard Buckley, had
become ill with cancer and, after he was given the all-clear
at the start of the Nineties, the two decided to leave the
stress of New York behind and head for Italy."
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