Tom Ford-Era: Meet the Creator Behind the Ultimate Gucci Fan Account

Similarly as there are superstar style accounts run by devoted fans who find each thing of their symbol's most recent outfit (truly down to the socks), there are the individuals who run originator thankfulness Instagram accounts. One that sticks out—specifically for this Tom Ford-period Gucci enthusiast—is the record @TomFordForGucci. The feed is specked with the entirety of the delightfully sexual features from Ford's a very long time at Gucci: Kirsten Owen with her hair blown back, stepping down the runway in a sea green/blue coat, calfskin thong tie inserted pants, and a couple of diamond encrusted dark cowhide slingbacks. Another picture shows the epic Gucci "G" shaven out of Carmen Kass' pubic hair, from the startling spring 2003 battle.
(The image was so controversial that many people called for it to be banned.)

This fortune trove of an Instagram account is controlled by Justin Friedman, who at present fills in as a customer counsel for the maximalist, fantastical Gucci of today under Alessandro Michele. His fixation on Tom Ford's smooth and hot Gucci began youthful, in the wake of seeing a crusade picture of Georgina Grenville wearing the white dress with the hip-cut out from the fall 1996 assortment. "It left a permanent imprint. I'd never observed a dress that way. I had no understanding of who Tom Ford was," he says. "I had no genuine idea of what he intended to the design world at that point, however that dress can't clarify the enduring impression it left." After quite a while working in the business, including making his own style blog during the 2010s, he was as yet incapable to shake Ford's impact on him—thus, the Instagram account was conceived.

A large portion of the pictures are from openly accessible YouTube cuts, Vogue Runway pictures, or articles from worldwide releases that are posted on the gathering TheFashionSpot.com. His devotees incorporate Gucci OGs, similar to hairdresser Orlanda Pita and model Amy Wesson. (Grenville, who, as per Friedman, is "THE Gucci young lady," is additionally an adherent.) His preferred crusades are spring 1997 and fall 1997. "I realize it is heretical to not say the fall 1996 battle with Georgina Grenville, however those two 1997 crusades—they were the most perilous of Tom Ford battles," he says. "There was something offensive about them. The spring 1997 battle had Georgina Grenville and Jason Fedele in the desert. They were all in dim garments and those hung, velvet dresses and the smooth drainpipe pants. It was this quite certain '90s thing, where it's 'I'm turned on by you yet I'm irate about it.'" The other crusade is the grainy, lo-fi observation symbolism from fall 1997. "There was something in particular about how somebody was voyeuristically glancing in at whatever is going on with these wonderful youngsters in these garments," says Friedman. "It just added a layer of perviness to it."

Friedman's fixation on Tom Ford's Gucci has additionally spilled down into his own shopping propensities. His preferred piece is a mother of pearl minaudière from the fall 2002 gothic assortment that he bought from The RealReal. "I resembled, 'I need this yet I have no utilization for this. It will fill no other need in my life and it will be something that I keep in a container,'" he says. "Perhaps I will take it out every so often to take a gander at it. The dam broke after that."

And while Mr. Ford departed almost 15 years ago, Friedman notes that his influence on the label can still be felt. “Every now and then, a detail will pop up from a season from when Tom was there. It was a whole different thing but the energy behind it is similar,” says Friedman. “It is a good feeling to be working for a house that Tom Ford is responsible for making relevant to modern audiences.”

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