Tom Ford Bids Farewell to See-Now-Buy-Now

NEW YORK — Tom Ford is saying goodbye to see-now-buy-now. The decision follows fall’s one-season experiment during which he staged a tony, civilized affair at the former Four Seasons restaurant in New York. For spring 2018, Ford will return to the traditional calendar, but not in London, where he’s shown most of his previous women’s collections. Rather, he will seek a permanent slot on the New York Fashion Week calendar, perhaps at the beginning of the week. “I like going first, when everyone is still in a good mood,” he said. Ford is not only exiting the London fashion calendar. With his husband Richard Buckley and son Jack, he’s moving his primary residence to Los Angeles, though the family will retain its London house. And he has signed a lease on a studio space in L.A. — the old Regen Projects gallery (yes, Hedi Slimane’s former studio) — where he will relocate most of his women’s design staff. The men’s design studio is to remain in London. Ford revealed the news in a Thursday morning conversation at Spring Studios, where he’s showing his fall collection to press. He said that while instant fashion is likely the way of the future, it doesn’t work now for a simple reason:

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