Haider Ackermann’s buzz-worthy appointment as creative director of Tom Ford earlier this month may have made the interim, studio-produced collection at Milan feel a little less exciting, but its steady climb in the Vogue Runway rankings shows that the Tom Ford name still holds weight, even without a big-name designer steering the ship.
Before the Tom Ford show commenced, darkness enveloped the venue. The haunting strains of the end titles music from “Basic Instinct” played on repeat (at least, that’s what Shazam informed me). In the front row sat none other than Sharon Stone herself, flanked by Uma Thurman, Eva Green, Sam Claflin, Dominic Sessa, and Callum Turner. The paparazzi couldn’t get their fill of these luminaries, and it seemed fitting.
