The Spring/Summer 2017 fashion weeks are finally on the way. The first stop? New York. While the fashion cognoscenti will be busy taking notes of what major Spring/Summer 2017 trends will emerge from the catwalks over the course of the next frenetic month, they’ll also have to re calibrate their calendars for a portion of designers who’ve chosen to adopt the see-now-buy-now approach for their brands.
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One such designer who opted to close the gap between runway to retail is Tom Ford. The American designer presented his Fall/Winter 2016 last night at the Big Apple’s iconic Seagram Building. As expected of a Tom Ford show, the celebrities turned up in droves: Julianne Moore, Rita Ora, Uma Thurman, Alicia Keys, Cindy Crawford and Lauren Hutton were some of the stars who lent wattage to the event.
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As for the clothes? They were classic Ford: Sexy and high-octane. Ford cut leather tops and tweed pencil skirts with the kind of precision he’s known for; leopard prowled his runway on dresses and coats, while the closing passage of sequinned gowns were sumptuous in their execution.
Here’s the good news: They’re now available at a Tom Ford store near you.
By Gerald Tan
