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El diseñador Tom Ford debutará como director de cine
El famoso diseñador gay Tom Ford finalmente hará realidad uno de sus sueños.

El ex diseñador de
Gucci está por
comenzar a rodar su
debut como director
en la adaptación
cinematográfica de
la novela de
Christopher
Isherwood, “A Single
Man”.

Colin Firth (el Mr.
Darcy de “Bridget
Jones”) personificará
al profesor
universitario gay
que debe lidiar con
la muerte de su
amante. El personaje
es ayudado a superar
este momento por una amiga y uno de sus estudiantes.

El representante de Firth ha dicho que "se encuentra en negociaciones" pero que todavía no es nada
concreto.

Julianne Moore personificaría a la amiga mientras que Jamie Bell ya habría firmado para el personaje del
alumno. La historia se lleva a cabo en Los Angeles en el año 1962.

Ningún estudio ha comprado el proyecto aún, pero Ford planea comenzar las filmaciones en noviembre en
la ciudad de Los Angeles.

Ford anunció en noviembre del año pasado que habia adquirido los derechos para realizar la película.

Luego de abandonar Gucci en el 2004, Ford habló públicamente acerca de su deseo de convertirse en
director de cine.

El año pasado, fundó su empresa de ropa para hombres que lleva su nombre.

Fashion designer Tom Ford to debut as a film director
Famous gay designer Tom Ford finally made his dream a reality.

The former Gucci designer is about to begin shooting on his directorial debut in the film adaptation of
Christopher Isherwood's novel, "A Single Man."

Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy in "Bridget Jones") will play the gay college professor who must deal with the death of
his lover. The character is helped to overcome this time by a friend and one of his students.

Representatives of Firth have said that it "is in negotiations" but that nothing is concrete yet.

Julianne Moore will play a friend while Jamie Bell has already signed for the character of the student. The
story takes place in Los Angeles in 1962.

No studio has purchased the project as of yet, but Ford plans to begin filming in November in the city of Los
Angeles.

Ford announced in November last year that he had acquired the rights to make the film.

After leaving Gucci in 2004, Ford spoke publicly about his desire to become a film director.

Last year, he founded a men’s clothing line that bears his name.

Tom Ford is looking for a baby mama!!
Fashion guru Tom Ford and his long-term partner Richard
Buckley are looking for a baby carrier--literally! They need
someone to have a baby for them. Any takers?

He says, "I'm going to have a kid in 2008. Richard knows
've wanted this for a long time. He's just resisted it. He
would be a spectacular father.

"It's going to give his life new meaning. It will be
biologically mine. I mean, I'm a lot younger. If things follow
their natural order, (Richard will) probably leave the planet
ahead of me, and I can't not have had something I've
wanted forever.

"I've always wanted kids. I don't want to get to be 75-years
-old and just have made a lot of dresses, done some
houses."

Forcing your partner to have a baby isn't always a great idea, but Tom Ford can do or say anything. He's the
God of Fashion.

Tom Ford's Biography
Tom Ford was born in Austin, Texas in 1962, but spent most of his childhood years back in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. His mother was a colorful Southern lady who had 6 husbands and a cupboard full of Courreges
suits. She taught him that being badly dressed was disrespectful of others. He spent most of his childhood
worrying about how he looked. At 12 she bought him a pair of Gucci loafers.

Tom Ford enrolled on an art history course at New York University and was also trained as an actor. It was
there he discovered the seminal Studio 54 nightclub and Warhol’s Factory, where he met pop artist Andy
Warhol for the first time. From then on, school was out and partying was in, in, in. Signing up as a model – at
one point he had no fewer than 12 TV commercials running at the same time – he dropped out of NYU after
his freshman year. Tom Ford transferred to Parsons School of Design in New York studying interior
architecture. He later moved on to finish his studies at Parsons in Paris, France. By the end of the course
Ford realized he wanted to work in fashion. As soon as he completed his studies in 1986, Ford quickly
returned to New York where he began his professional training.

In 1986, he joined the creative staff of the American famous designer Cathy Hardwick. Then, in 1988, a big
career move came up when he made the transition to Perry Ellis where he took on the position of Design
Director under Marc Jacobs. Tom didn't make a name for himself in the business until he relocated to
Europe in 1990 and landed a position with Gucci. Tom's partner, journalist Richard Buckley, had become ill
with cancer and, after he was given the all-clear at the start of the Nineties, the two decided to leave the
stress of New York behind and head for Italy.

Ford was hired by Gucci's then creative director Dawn Mello (previous head of purchase with Bergdorf-
Goodman) as chief women's ready-to-wear designer. A few years passed, and in 1992, he moved up the
corporate ladder of the fashion world and once again took on the role of Design Director. Business went bad
for Gucci and Tom Ford was almost fired by Maurizio Gucci in 1993, but this was counteracted by Domenico
de Sole, director of Gucci America Inc.

When, in 1994, Gucci was acquired by a Bahrain-based investment firm called Investcorp, Ford was
promoted to creative director. This meant that he was responsible for the design and conception of all
product lines within the company; clothing, perfumes, and more. He also had to create and carry through the
company's image, its advertising campaigns and store design. Tom Ford went on to become arguably the
most influential designer of the last decade.

In his first year at the helm, he was credited with putting the glamour back into fashion introducing Halston-
style velvet hipsters, skinny satin shirts and car-finish metallic patent boots. Gucci became a byword for
desirability, offering the most inspirational and hedonistic kind of fashion.

In 1995, he brought in French stylist Carine Roitfeld and photographer Mario Testino to create a series of
new, modern ad campaigns for the company. In March 1995 when Amber Valletta sauntered down the
catwalk in blue velvet hipsters and a skinny apple-green satin shirt, the lights went on in the house of Gucci.
She personified Gucci glamour, dangerous, sexy, modern and slightly rough. Madonna wore his outfit to the
MTV music awards.

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