paint is black: tom ford spring/summer 2015

  

   one of my favorite designers for both menswear and womenswear will always be tom ford. when a man on the red carpet is asked "who are you wearing?", the answer is almost always tom ford. ford started out at gucci and yves saint laurent before launching his own menswear line. he then started the women's line of his label. the only word to describe what tom ford does is exquisite. its beautiful. the design, the tailoring, the lines - clean and sexy (yes, i sound like an ethan allen commercial). i don't think anyone does a suit like tom ford and no one translates a suit into womenswear better than tom ford. 

  spring is the time of lighter colors and florals in fashion. as miranda priestly would sarcastically say, "groundbreaking." designers showed their lighter sides and played on the  60s a little for their 2015 collections. then there's tom ford. its black-all black with metallics, short, and dark. yesterday was the tom ford show at london fashion week. his silhouettes were similar to the 70s inspired collections like tommy hilfiger or orla kiely, but done without whimsey. tom ford is sexy and sheer. clothes for a certain type of woman, a woman who certainly isn't self conscious.