Tom Ford A lot of people want to be fashion designers so they can make clothes that celebrities wear in front of millions of people. The pride you feel when someone like George Clooney is wearing your label to the Oscars. People like Tom Ford has designed for people like this and has had his products shown to people all over the world because he decided one day to go into fashion. Tom worked for Gucci and became one of the highest ranked working men to leave in 2004 and start his own label and company that is thriving today. Tom was born on August 27,1961, in Austin Texas. He attended college at New York University. After deciding that college wasn’t for him he moved to Los Angeles to act in commercials. Once he matured and decided he needed to further his education he moved back to New York and attended Parsons school of design. At first, he studied architecture and even decided he wanted to transfer to the Parsons schools of Design in Paris. While in Paris he made the decision to change from architecture to fashion and he said about this “I just woke up one morning and thought, 'What am I …show more content…
Two years after working for Hardwick Ford landed a job designing jeans for Perry Ellis on New York's Seventh Avenue. In 1990, he moved to Milan to become the woman's wear designer for Gucci. Tom quickly rose in rank while at Gucci in 1992 he became the design director and then in 1994 he became the creative director. Tom changed Gucci's entire look and made them popular again. It did not take long for him to rise up and become one the higher-ranked workers in only 4 years. The look that he gave them was more retro and gave more sex appeal to men and women. He started his own company and the new Tom Ford brand. He sells menswear, eyewear and beauty products. He is still in business today and he is still alive. Tom Ford has an online shopping store you can buy his items from. (Tom Ford Online