{"id":76078,"date":"2020-09-26T19:08:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T16:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-fords-surprising-lesson-about-looking-good-in-quarantine\/"},"modified":"2020-09-26T19:08:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T16:08:36","slug":"tom-fords-surprising-lesson-about-looking-good-in-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-fords-surprising-lesson-about-looking-good-in-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Ford&#8217;s surprising lesson about looking good in quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Tom Ford&#8217;s surprising lesson about looking good in quarantine<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        What does it mean that New Yorkers, once residents of the world\u2019s most fashion-forward city, have succumbed to so-called soft clothes, all day every day? When six months into this pandemic, with small restrictions easing and outdoor dining allowed, most of us still cannot get it together to wear something tailored, non-elasticized, with possibly a heel? When we have abandoned makeup because of masks, along with hairstyling, eyebrow grooming and mani-pedis?<\/p>\n<p>These questions would have been heretical six months ago, when the city was in full crisis mode. But time has passed.<\/p>\n<p>Also: Tom Ford has spoken. And he, too, is lost.<\/p>\n<p>This is a man whose every strand of facial hair, for decades, was pruned to the exact same length. A man who never ate onions or garlic to maintain fresh breath, who took four baths a day, who obsessively monitored his weight and dieted if he gained just two pounds, whose guiding maxim has been to \u201cput on the best version of yourself when you go out into the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was most often seen in a tux or a sharply tailored black suit. Everything about his self-presentation was clean and angular. Perfect.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16356721\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16356721 lazyload\" alt=\"Tom Ford Spring\/Summer 2021 collection\" width=\"294\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=294 294w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=588 588w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 294px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Tom Ford launched his Spring\/Summer 2021 collection after succumbing to bad grooming habits in quarantine.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Tom Ford<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To read Ford\u2019s confessions in the notes to his Spring\/Summer 2021 show \u2014 a show that, like every other this past Fashion Week, failed to generate public interest amid this crisis \u2014 is as jarring as hearing the pope admit to atheism or Gwyneth Paltrow to ingesting carbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I began working on this collection, we were under strict lockdown,\u201d Ford began. \u201cI had been wearing the same dirty jeans, jeans shirt, tee shirt and trainers for weeks \u2026 I was irritated when I had a Zoom meeting because it meant washing my hair and perhaps trimming my beard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all been there and doubtless will be again. When it became clear lockdown would be indefinite, I thought to myself: No way am I slumming. I bought high-end loungewear and slippers. I found a company that turns vintage Pucci and Herm\u00e9s scarves into face masks.<\/p>\n<p>Yet I spent most summer days in cut-offs and tees or J.Crew sweats, a basic blue medical mask tucked in my back pocket. Lipstick is a thing of the past and that is profoundly depressing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s beyond comforting to know that at least one arbiter of high fashion is struggling like the rest of us \u2014 one whose entire brand was based on perfection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16356727\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16356727 lazyload\" alt=\"Tom Ford Spring\/Summer 2021 collection\" width=\"294\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=294 294w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tom-ford-spring3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=588 588w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 294px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>His bright, sexy looks are proof that we can all spring back after a lockdown-weary year.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Tom Ford<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ford went on to describe days lost to his sofa, bingeing old <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> on TCM or \u2014 keep in mind, this is a man who designed his compound in New Mexico with his own mausoleum, then reportedly oversaw every detail on what will be his casket \u2014 HGTV, \u201cwhere the solution to all of life\u2019s problems seems to be about \u2018blowing out a wall\u2019 and creating \u2018an island\u2019 in the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words: Even the great Tom Ford fell into such a coronavirus depression his taste level suffered. Even TOM FORD had days where he couldn\u2019t get off the couch or shower and shave \u2014 let alone pull a look together. Even he vacillated between self-soothing and self-loathing.<\/p>\n<p>Yet he rallied. He did it. His <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/fashion-shows\/spring-2021-ready-to-wear\/tom-ford\/slideshow\/collection\">Spring\/Summer 2021 collection<\/a> is full of vibrant colors, bold animal prints, plunging necklines and liquid silks. It\u2019s about joy, sensuality, optimism, and \u2014 what could be more poignant \u2014 the invitation to touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me this longing for a hopeful spring translates into \u2026 clothes that make me smile,\u201d Ford writes. \u201cClothes to have a bit of fun in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Ford can envision our exuberant emergence from this seemingly endless slumber, then take heart: It is coming.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/26\/tom-fords-surprising-lesson-about-looking-good-in-quarantine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Tom Ford&#8217;s surprising lesson about looking good in quarantine&#8221; What does it mean that New Yorkers, once residents of the world\u2019s most fashion-forward city, have succumbed to so-called soft clothes, all day every day? 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