It’s well known that Tom Ford’s fashion shows have an overwhelmingly Hollywood-centric front row—with every woman effortlessly clad in the most glamorous looks from his recent collections. So this past weekend, when Ford premiered his latest film, Nocturnal Animals, at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, it was no surprise that the film’s stars, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Isla Fisher, all wore designs from the maestro himself. “I want to let the film speak for itself,” remarked Ford on Friday night to an intimate crowd of family and friends such as Amber Valletta and Rita Ora (who both stunned in designs from Ford’s Spring collection). As soon as the opening titles began, composer Abel Korzeniowski’s entrancing chords set the stage for Ford’s latest cinematic vision; a vision that is clearly making its mark in Hollywood, with Nocturnal Animals being released later this month after the highly anticipated buzz behind the film.
As the lights came up, the crowd shifted into the courtyard of the museum, where friends gathered around Ford, exchanging accolades and embraces, while trays of Champagne and hors d’oeuvres circled the garden. The fête was the perfect synthesis of fashion, art, and Hollywood, which, when mixed in with a touch of black, accurately represents Ford’s signature vision.
