5 Times Tom Ford Proved That, in Beauty, Sex Sells Inline
Photo: firstVIEW1/5Gucci Fall 2002 ready-to-wear
Ford has an eye for distinctive faces. Take, for example, Liya Kebede’s smoldering eyes and knife-pleat cheekbones, which caught the designer’s attention early on—she was an exclusive in his fall 2000 Gucci show. The model and muse would become a regular in his stable of favorite runway models. More recently, he tapped a relatively unknown Gigi Hadid for his Tom Ford campaigns in 2014—including his cult Velvet Orchid fragrance and his Fall eyewear collection.
Photo: Condé Nast Archive2/5Gucci Fall 1996 ready-to-wear
Heavy metals on eyes and lips are a Ford favorite. Here, in gleaming gold at Gucci’s Fall 1996 show.
Photo: firstVIEW3/5Gucci Spring 2003 ready-to-wear
When it comes to believable bedhead, the more teased the better. Erin Wasson makes a fresh-from-the-sheets statement—with a voluminous, high-impact twist—for the Spring 2003 season.
Photo: Getty Images4/5Gucci Spring 2004 ready-to-wear
Ford has always had a soft spot for a high-low, louche ’70s glamour—namely gleaming, sun-kissed limbs.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com5/5Tom Ford Fall 2013 ready-to-wear
Has there ever been a look more alluring than a slept-in smoky eye and a nude lip? Consider it the ultimate Ford beauty signature.
