New York Times Fashionさんのインスタグラム写真 - (New York Times FashionInstagram)「Tom Ford dropped a surprise “final collection” (according to a news release) on Wednesday, in the form of three short videos featuring a bevy of supermodels. If he is truly leaving fashion, he leaves his brand with the videos, a legacy and a last implicit word. Ford was the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent before starting his namesake brand. Ford and his business partner, Domenico De Sole, sold the @tomford brand to Estée Lauder for almost $3 billion last year. The collection answered the question that had been hanging over the brand since its sale: Would Ford stay or go? The videos feature Amber Valletta, Karlie Kloss, Karen Elson and Joan Smalls wearing archive designs from Ford’s last 13 years and variously writhing, strutting and otherwise emoting while trapped in a series of glass boxes. Outside, the designer himself, in signature dark suit, white shirt and dark glasses, walks by alone, barely visible in the dimness, occasionally pausing to lift a hand and direct. It made for an oddly subdued exit for a man who once stood astride fashion like a stubbled colossus, writes chief fashion critic @vvfriedman, and who did more than anyone else to mothball the old idea of a designer and shepherd in the era of the creative director. Read more about Ford’s surprise collection at the link in bio. Photos by Steven Klein, via Tom Ford」4月27日 2時45分