Oooo, girl! The claws come out in Sunday's New York Times magazine, in which Yves Saint Laurent creative director Stefano Pilati rips his predecessor, Tom Ford.
Of course, the fashion world's always kneeling down for Ford, who would do it himself if he knew how. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the ceaseless praise doesn't necessarily make him the best designer. Not in Pilati's eyes, at least:
Former New York Times science writer and current Santa Fe Review blogger George Johnson, who set up a live webcam feed of the lot neighboring his home — which just so happened to be where Tom Ford was building his new house in the Santa Fe area — is the victim of a burglary, where $7,000 of equipment, including "a brand-new Apple Mac Pro computer, two display monitors, two digital cameras, a digital recorder, an iPod, a cell phone, two older monitors, a copy machine and, perhaps worst of all, his backup hard drive and backup power supply" was nabbed while he and his wife slept downstairs. Oh, and the webcam aimed at Ford's house. Johnson plans to replace it, with insurance money.
Designer Tom Ford enlisted some pretty models for his latest ad campaign.
And, as a permanent provocateur, he had one of the men, Brazilian Alex Schultz strip to his birthday suit.
Check out the NSFW results, after the jump.
GQ editor Jim Nelson, on whether he'd win a fight with the menswear designer: "Tom Ford would kick my ass so bad I’d end up in a lame little puddle of tears."
Counters designer Thom Browne: "I’m a stubborn Irishman, so I’d probably win." [FWD]
The ad at left, for Cabana Cachaca, is running in a few men's magazines, and is causing a little spat of controversy, owing to the fact that the model featured in the spot is not wearing any clothes. [WWD]
The ad at right, for Tom Ford's fragrance, should quiet any notion that we're entering some sort of new debate about nudity in advertising.
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These gross (and completely NSFW) outtakes from Tom Ford's recent photo spread in Out magazine make us suddenly thankful that we don't work in magazines. Plus, they're also weirdly inspirational! From here on in, no matter how bad life gets, just think to yourself: 'At least I'm not the guy responsible for oiling up Tom Ford's derrière.' And how. [Radar via Queerty]
Earlier: Tom Ford’s Price Tags Aren’t the Only Thing That’ll Keep You Out of His Store
Tom Ford is featured in this month’s Out Magazine and reveals his inner perfectionist:
If I lived in a one-room hut, every piece of grass that made the roof would be lined up in the right way.
Fittingly, he takes the same approach to his remaining strands of hair.
Out indulges Tom Ford's model fantasy, and gives him a photo spread.
After the jump, Tom Ford’s butt (and tan lines).
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• Kid Rock and Tommy Lee are offered a chance to finish what they started during a $1 million fight at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
• Lindsay Lohan says she's staying in rehab; paparazzi around the world cry.
• Dominick Dunne aids the Goldmans in their morally comprised campaign for justice.
• There's a reason why Tom Ford's new cologne smells like ass.
• If there was any doubt about the state of New York theater, Tori Spelling and that guy she's always with are in talks to appear in Chicago on Broadway.
And you thought the reemergence of Britney's snatch was the only shaved kitty you were going to see today. See a larger version of Tom Ford's idea of clever marketing, after the jump. CONTINUED »
Earlier this month, T:Style magazine fashion director Horacio Silva lent his byline to the Times proper — to write a mostly scathing review of Tom Ford's new store on Madison Avenue. Now in his New York mag egofest, Ford responds to claims that his store might, possibly, maybe, by chance, coulda-woulda-shoulda been rude to a customer. CONTINUED »
Horacio Silva is a bald and beautiful man. But he is not a happy man. Nor an impressed man. The T:Style magazine fashion chief stopped in at Tom Ford's much-buzzed-about men's store, only to find that the service and customer focus that Ford proclaims to care foremost about was somewhere between lacking and non-existent.
So what if the day shirts offer some 400,000 customization possibilities? You don't tell the man capable of squashing your buzz that the upstairs room is by appointment only.
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• After seven years on Court TV, Catherine Crier Live is no longer. Must be something to do with those action-packed reality shows they're going after.
• Tom Ford gives private tour of new store to fashion editors, where even Cathy Horyn was welcome.
• More about FNC's Red Eye than you probably care to know.
• Time Out New York's Eat Out Awards honor the restaurants you've learned to avoid.
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• Heather Mills McCartney may or may not have once been available for four-figures a night.
• Though it's yet to be seen if Michael Jackson will actually make it to the World Music Awards, sister Janet is nearly certain a no show. Something about the $400,000 it would cost to invite her.
• Gayle King claims she left her husband because he cheated on her. Not because of her "special relationship" with Oprah.
• Roger Friedman continues his TomKat wedding scoopaganza with news that Penelope Cruz, among others in Tom Cruise's past, will not be welcome at the nuptials.
• It isn't Jude's turn to cry this time around. He's the one who dumped Sienna Miller, for partying too hard while he tries so hard to, ahem, be a doting dad.
• Tom Ford wanted to spread his man crotch scent beyond the cover of VF.
Did Vanity Fair land Tom Ford for their March 2006 "Hollywood Issue" by promising more than just butt cracks? Like, hiring the children of Tom Ford's employees?
With all the upward movement, the magazine has had to hire new fashion assistants. Rickie De Sole, daughter of Tom Ford brand chairman Domenico De Sole, whom The Daily reported joined the fashion department in July, has officially been made a fashion assistant. Joining her is Chase Robinson, whose mother is, interestingly enough, Andrea Robinson, president of the Tom Ford Beauty division of Estée Lauder.
That is interestingly enough, Jim Shi. Let's encourage everyone to just keep their heads down and walk on by without commentary. Like everyone did when Jessica Joffe took over Glamour, or Vogue hired Anna Wintour's daughter's best friend.
Vanity Fair's Fash Overhaul [Jim Shi, Fashion Week Daily]
In the midst of stalking Bragelina baby photos, Googling ourselves, and laughing at Ann Curry, we somehow found a few minutes for the things other people (like, perhaps, you) care about. Such as those fabulous Hollywood meets New York fashion awards events . Ah, yes … last night marked the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) awards.
Of course any event that puts Tom Ford, Anna Wintour, and Janet Jackson in a room together gets our blood flowing — had only something actually happened at these awards besides the boring awards stuff, there may actually be more fun news about it out there.
Yet, for those who care, the big winners of the night were Francisco Costa (women's wear), Thom Browne (men's wear) and Tom Binns (accessories). Sandra Oh accompanied Peter Som, and Chloe Sevigny was disappointingly hideous.
But, by far, the talk of the event was Jessica Simpson and the hoochie dress that managed to out-slut Scarlett Johansson and Lindsay Lohan combined.
While we could have asked for more, we guess winners, losers, and the dahling Jeremy Piven surrounded by young thangs in trampy outfits will have to tide us over until the next People hits newsstands.
Francisco Costa Wins Top Fashion Award [AP via New York Times]
Many of us think about getting wasted, grabbing our shot-guns, and going Cheney on a fair amount of people in the media industry. (We are also positive that we've been on the other end of that shooting fantasy at some point.)
But Simon Dumenco throws down today, going on an all-out proverbial spree, and shooting down a select few medialites, who he would like to hear apologize for their "horrific mishaps."
Dumenco's hit-list ranges from Graydon Carter to Atoosa Rubenstein, with a select few in between. Drunken journalists really do make the Mondays brighter!
The list of people who owe SD a "my bad," or two, after the jump. Yes, it's long, and yes, it's freakin' hilarious, but please note these views are in no way the views and opinions of Jossip. (Except for the speculation regarding Scarlett Johansson's "please help me" plea.)
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• Oh, snap, Nick Lachey is not shacking up with CaCee Cobb. What's that reality show going to be called, Newlysluts? [L&S]
• Tom Ford differentiates between a bed full of girls and lesbians. Oh, and Scarlett Johansson is the chubby lesbian. [Calendar Live]
• Britney Spears finally realizes that trying to kill your baby is bad y'all. [People]
• Wait, not to ruin your gig dude, but do models realize that there are people who will take their clothes off for free? [Slate]
• A lot of celebrities, like Joaquin Phoenix for example, cry to the only celeb who's been in more crises than anyone. Who you gonna' call? Lindsay Lohan, duh. [Star]
• What does anyone expect from these kids? Their mother is Whitney Houston for cryin' out loud. [Lowdown]
Guest editing Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue, Tom Ford got ornery when the mag's editors kept trying to crop Angelina Jolie's butt crack in her bathtub photo shoot. Complained Ford:
The picture kept getting cropped and I finally had to stick a Post-It on it in the planning room: 'Do not touch, leave Angelina's buttcrack.
Looks like Tommy got his way — by a smidge:
Tom Ford Fights For Angelina Jolie's 'Buttcrack' [Post Chronicle]
Miss Angelina Jolie in the March 2006 issue of Vanity Fair [Hey_Bo]
Earlier: This time it's Scarlett and Kiera naked, not on coke
Related: All Vanity Fair coverage
Come on, Vanity Fair. Haven't we already seen the half-boob shot?
Ok, granted it wasn't on the cover, and it wasn't a menage, but unless Scarlett Johansson has some "Lindsay Lohan is a dirty slag" in her interview (which we highly doubt) half-naked starlets are nothing new.
Even the backstage video (rumored to be full of giggling, girly fun) is pretty tame. Though, it does give some insight into Scarlett's cell phone addiction and Tom Ford's very aggressive kissing tactics. No barfing, no drugs, no nip … really, what's the point?
FAIR-NAKED LADIES [Bill Hoffmann, New York Post]
Earlier: Lindsay Lohan naked, on coke
• Just what the world needs: a TV show about what happens on reality TV. We shed a tear remembering when Kennedy was the coolest. [Rush & Molloy]
• Black socks, they never get dirty…and if you don't wear them Tom Ford will beat you to a naked pulp. [Page Six]
• Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake do more than just surf and beat up paparazzi together. They save people. [Female First]
• When Nicole Richie and Mischa Barton fight with their boyfriends, they don't eat ice cream like normal girls. They run around, hiding in clubs, and speed off together into the night. [The Bitch]
• See what happens when you are the biggest bitch ever? We can't even keep track of all the people that want to sue this girl. [People]
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