Tom Ford has appointed French designer Haider Ackermann as its new Inventive Director. His first assortment will debut at Paris Vogue Week in March 2025.
Ackermann will assume the inventive management throughout all Tom Ford vogue classes, together with menswear, womenswear, equipment and eyewear, whereas guiding the inventive imaginative and prescient for the general model.
“I’ve lengthy been a fantastic fan of Ackermann’s work. I discover each his womenswear and menswear equally compelling. He’s an unbelievable colourist, his tailoring is sharp, and above all he’s fashionable,” revealed Tom Ford, the luxurious model’s eponymous founder.
“We share lots of the similar historic references, and I couldn’t be extra excited to see what he does with the model. I think that I would be the first on my ft to applaud after his present in March.”
A French nationwide born in Colombia, Ackermann’s upbringing spanned Ethiopia, Chad, Algeria, The Netherlands, and Belgium, the place he studied vogue on the Royal Academy of Fantastic Arts in Antwerp.
Identified for mixing luxurious materials with impeccable tailoring, Ackermann has garnered popularity of his avant-garde, but wearable designs favoured by celebrities. He shall be primarily based in Paris, reporting to Guillaume Jesel, President and CEO of Tom Ford FORD and Luxurious Enterprise Growth at The Estée Lauder Firms, and Lelio Gavazza, CEO of Tom Ford Vogue at Ermenegildo Zegna Group.
“It’s with large satisfaction that I’ll search to honour the legacy of Tom Ford, a person I’ve lengthy admired and have the utmost respect for,” stated Ackermann. “I’m a lot trying ahead to what lies forward.”
TOM FORD is owned by The Estée Lauder Firms Inc. (NYSE:EL) with the style enterprise licensed to the Ermenegildo Zegna Group (NYSE:ZGN) and the eyewear enterprise licensed to Marcolin SpA.
It comes after Peter Hawkings, who had been the Inventive Director at Tom Ford since April 2023, stepped down from the position in July.
Peter Hawkings took over from Tom Ford himself when he stepped down final yr. Throughout his tenure, Hawkings led design for the model’s vogue section and vogue reveals.
