Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XVIII

2 7 5 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I T om Ford is renowned for his elegant yet masculine style, featuring a rigorous focus on clean lines and precision tailoring. There are few who have mastered fit the way the impossibly suave, multi-talented American designer and film director has done. So it should come as no surprise that, with his spring/summer 2015 collection, even when Tom Ford does “dressing down, he does it impeccably, with luxurious fabrics, absolutely flawless cuts and just a hint of swagger. The big story for the season is denim. As he has done so well before, Ford reinvents a classic, bringing various cuts and washes to life in the highest-quality fabric available – “America still makes the best denim,” Ford has quipped. Of course, with jeanswear, it’s all about the fit, making this an inspired match of designer and material. In fact, for the runway, Ford showed his jeans topped with an animal-print silk tuxedo jacket for evening and it didn’t look an odd pairing at all, so beautifully constructed was the whole look. Whilst Ford has not to date been the first designer that springs to mind when you think ‘luxury sportswear’, this collection demonstrates another strong point in Ford’s arsenal of talents. It’s a category we look forward to seeing Ford execute more of, given the high degree of accomplishment of the pieces in this collection. Yet another category he executes flawlessly – is there anything this man can’t do? Take, for example, the clear inspiration of the American southwest, where Ford makes his home. In a lesser artist’s hands, this trope can be overworked or even