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fashionologie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:16:55 PST

>> Tom Ford Casts A Single Man Star for Spring 2010 Eyewear Campaign -Tom Ford definitely has his favorites - he gave his perpetual campaign model Jon Kortajarena a role in A Single Man, and now he's switched gears and cast one of the film's stars, Nicholas Hoult, in his Spring 2010 eyewear campaign. Hoult joins Carolyn Murphy in front of Ford's lens. [TFS]

Tom Ford's A Single Man Premieres at Venice Film Festival - Watch the Movie Trailer

fashionologie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:26:08 PDT

>> A Single Man, which Tom Ford directed, coproduced, cowrote and called "the most personal thing" he's ever done, premiered today at the Venice Film Festival. The first trailer for the movie - which features a cameo by Ford's favorite ad model, Jon Kortajarena, as hustler Carlos - has also hit YouTube: see below; the colors and work of Mad Men's production designer Dan Bishop, who filled the same role for A Single Man, is instantly recognizable, and apparently the show's star Jon Hamm does an uncredited voiceover in the film.

The movie is already receiving good reviews - the Times UK called it "a thing of heart-stopping beauty . . . There will be critics who will be unable to get past the director’s background, but rest assured: Tom Ford is the real deal." Variety's verdict: "Luminous and treasurable, despite its imperfections. An impressive helming debut for fashion designer Tom Ford."

And Ford himself is finally talking about the film: “People who don’t know me well will be very surprised by the film. It shows a different side of me." Despite Ford's fascination with sex in the fashion arena, the film contains no sex scenes.

He just finished editing A Single Man two weeks ago, and hopes this is the "the beginning of a parallel career alongside fashion," he tells WWD. "The process seems really natural to me, and I'd ideally like to make a film every three to four years." But he's trying to keep his two careers separate: "I didn’t want to be perceived as some fashion designer who’s come to Venice and decided to make a film . . . I wanted to avoid anything to do with fashion, and I wanted the film to speak for itself."

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Tom Ford's Got a Brand New Store to Wear His $10,000 Boots In

fashionologie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:34:30 PDT

>> Tom Ford was never one for low-dollar apparel; As he introduced reporters to his new store in Milan yesterday, where suits will sell for upwards of $3,800, he himself was wearing $10,000 boots.

Later, the man of the hour and his business partner through thick and thin, Domenico De Sole, celebrated the store opening at a Milanese palazzo with a chatty Anna Wintour, Tom Ford campaign model (NSFW) Jon Kortajarena, and a camera shy Miuccia Prada. Full gallery of the festivities below.
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Lacoste's Spring 2011 Campaign Features Liya Kebede and Anja Rubik Wearing Polo Shirts Over Evening Dresses

Chi Diem Chau — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:02:02 PST

>> Lacoste has ditched its five-year-old tagline, "Un Peu d'Air Sur Terre," for a new theme dubbed, "Unconventional Chic". "After five years it was time for a change," said Christophe Chenut, CEO of Lacoste SA. "The previous ads were very product-focused and we felt we needed a campaign that was an affirmation of the brand statement as a whole.” Instead of featuring a group of models like the brand has done in the past, the new campaign highlights individual shots of Liya Kebede, Anja Rubik, Jon Kortajarena, and Noah Mills wearing polo shirts over fancy evening gowns. “We’re showing that you can be chic in a different way, not just when you are dressed up for a party or for the office,” explained Chenut.

fashionologie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:41:15 PST

>> Noah Mills To Play Love Interest in Sex and the City 2 -There was Boyd Holbrook with a bit part in Milk, then Tom Ford cast Jon Kortajarena as Carlos in A Single Man, and now a third major male model is trying his hand at acting. Noah Mills, who has been the face for everyone from Michael Kors to Dolce & Gabbana to, coincidentally, Tom Ford, plays Nicky, the brother of Charlotte York's wedding planner Anthony. "He's a real New Yorker, a construction worker, blue-collar guy," Mills describes. "My first film experience is this role, so that was a little intimidating; they've worked together for so long." He has at least two scenes - a "speaking scene" and "a potentially more awkward scene," as Mills put it - the latter, a love scene with Kim Cattrall's Samantha. [Life & Style, Swide]

Brian Atwood, Rene Russo Collaborate On a Little Shoe Fetishism

fashionologie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:36:30 PDT

>> Designers seem to have a new fixation on pairing mature women with younger men when it comes to advertising their accessories. First, Karl Lagerfeld paired up 52-year-old Jerry Hall with Baptiste Giabiconi for Chanel handbags, and now, Brian Atwood cast 55-year-old Rene Russo to sex his Spring 2009 footwear up with Jon Kortajarena, Tom Ford-style (Jon is even Tom's campaign model of choice). The steamy scenes were shot by Tony Duran over a period of two days at Russo's home, and are being collected in a limited-edition book, Role Play Rene, for Atwood to pass out. Russo and Atwood didn't even meet until the shoot, but celebrated the 1,000 editions last night with a dinner in LA and tonight, will be feting again in New York tonight at a party hosted by Julia Restoin-Roitfeld.

Gallery is NSFW.
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Tom Ford Continues to Photograph Own Campaigns for Fall 2009

fashionologie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:36:54 PDT

>> Tom Ford pulled a Karl Lagerfeld last season, not only art directing but photographing his campaigns for the first time, and he's decided to keep up the tradition for Fall 2009. At the time, he told WWD: “I have taken pictures for years, but recently have become more serious about it and have started shooting portraits. I have always felt that an advertising image is in a sense the last layer of the design, and so decided this season to just shoot the campaign myself.“

For men's, he stuck with his campaign regular Jon Kortajarena, who's kind of Tom's equivalent to Karl's Baptiste Giabiconi; as for women's eyewear, Tom photographed Anna Maria Jagodzinska back in May.