Tom Ford Dishes To W

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Tom Ford is featured in the December issue of W Magazine, discussing fashion, love, and everything in between. Here are some highlights from the expose:

On having a dark side:
“I have a very dark side, a side that has struggled a lot with depression, and I’ve never been one who showed that to the outside world. I think when you say to someone, ‘Good morning. How are you?’ they should say, ‘Great, terrific,’ because everyone struggles in life. The Yves Saint Laurent thing used to drive me nuts—his depressions, his alcoholism, his whatever. Most people have a lot of problems. You can define yourself by them, or you can realize that everyone is going through what you’re going through and you make the best of it and you get on with your life and you don’t necessarily inflict that, because others probably have that too. They’re just not inflicting it on you.

On not wanting the gay storyline in his upcoming film, A Single Man, to trump the story at large:
“I like chocolate cake. Do I define my life by the fact that I like chocolate cake? For me, that’s what sexuality is. I didn’t think of making a movie with gay characters….I want to make sure that people don’t think this is a gay film, because it is a universal film. We all go through the same things in life—romance, grief, isolation, trying to come to an understanding of what life is about. I wouldn’t want someone not to see it, thinking, Oh, that’s a gay love story. That’s not the core of the film.

On having a midlife crisis:
“I started to sink emotionally, spiritually. I became a little bit lost. Leaving Gucci, it intensified because I had been able to cling to my job and to my work and to my identity as a successful fashion designer, and all of a sudden that was gone. It forced me to really think, Well, what am I, who am I, what am I about? It took me a bit of time to figure that out. I think this happens to most people in their life if they’re insightful enough to indulge it and to get through to the other side.”

On always loving fashion despite his dalliances elsewhere:
“Fashion is one way in which we hold ourselves together. Just because I’ve become spiritual doesn’t mean I can’t love crocodile.”

We love him. We love his attitude, we love his eloquence, we love his designs.

Amazing!

To read the full article, check out the December issue of W Magazine!

[Image via WENN.]

Posted: November 4, 2009 at 2:00 pm