“When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product. So when a woman is sifting through a rack of clothes, somehow that piece of clothing that you had so much fun designing speaks to her; she responds to it and buys it. I believe you can actually transfer that energy to material things as you're creating them.”

American fashion designer and filmmaker

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He is known for launching his own fashion brand in 2005, after serving as creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. He later turned to film, writing and directing A Single Man in 2009 and Nocturnal Animals in 2016. From 2019 to 2022, he served as chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.