Johnny Depp and Patti Smith are two of the most oft-referenced style icons in the world, so no big surprise that they’d also turn out to be potent influences—on each other. At MoMA’s party for Tim Burton last night, the frequent Burton leading man (in Tom Ford) and the still-punky chanteuse (in what looks like [...]

Recession scorecard: girly Brit department. Luella Bartley announced today that Luella has stopped trading after its global licensee withdrew its investments in the label. Even more heartbreaking? Spring 2010 orders will not be filled. [Vogue U.K.]
Before Tom Ford designed Tom Ford, he designed for Yves Saint Laurent. And he hated it. [Page Six]
Alicia Keys is [...]

Tom Ford’s debut movie, A Single Man, makes its U.S. premiere at the American Film Institute Festival tonight in Los Angeles. We’re sure it’ll be an insanely glam affair, like everything the designer-turned-filmmaker touches. We wish we could be there, and we don’t think we’re the only ones under Ford’s spell. Remember the killer white [...]

Cintra Wilson on Tom Binns’ new West Village store: “[He] proves he has no problem dredging all the desirable filth out of the ’80s and adding a bit of his own.” Yes, this is a compliment. [NYT]
Milla Jovovich is Tommy Hilfiger’s newest hire. The newlywed designer/actress/model has been tasked with creating the next limited-edition Breast [...]

When Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole left Gucci Group in 2004, it was a drawn-out and dramatic exit with endless fits and starts, news of which the fashion world breathlessly awaited, in almost daily updates from WWD. (This was the era P.B.—pre-blog. I can’t even imagine the Sturm und Drang that might pour forth [...]

Hollywood hates Twitter. Sorry, @mrskutcher! [Telegraph U.K.]This weekend’s Times implied that Sienna Miller is not the kind of girl you want to take home to Mom and Dad. After some careful fact-checking, they issued an apology. Of sorts. [HuffPo]Georgia May Jagger and Coco Rocha are the new Rimmel girls. As this was a post previously [...]

When I got a last-minute invitation to a screening of Tom Ford’s feature-film debut, A Single Man, I assumed I’d be trudging into Leicester Square on a Friday night with a troop of other grumpy journalists. To say the least, it was a pleasant surprise to take my seat in a Ford cheering section at [...]

He’s a designer. He’s retired. He’s a designer. He’s a filmmaker. He’s a designer?! Tom Ford is the subject of the week’s best rumor, which claims that he’s returning to womenswear, possibly with the help of Alessandra Facchinetti. [Grazia Daily]Would you like a Dolce & Gabbana sneak peak? Yes, we thought so. Click to watch [...]

Seeing that tomorrow marks the start of Milan fashion week, it was fitting to hear all present last night at the Tod’s U.S. launch of limited-edition book Italian Touch wax eloquent about the wonders of the sole boot-shaped member of the E.U. Julianne Moore, for starters, was still in a Mediterranean state of mind, having [...]

Tom Ford is taking his A Single Man to Venice. The designer’s first film, which he directed and produced (what, no starring role, Tom?), will debut at the festival in September. Try and figure out how you can be there and in New York for RTW at the same time. [WWD]
Garance Doré is [...]