October 2, 2025 |
The house of Tom Ford has always had a libido and in Haider Ackermann’s hands, seduction reigns supreme.
“To seduce is to see and to be seen by the object of one’s desire, drawing close, enticing touch,” said Ackermann.
As David Bowie’s Acapella version of Heroes rang out on the soundtrack, models draped in leather and silk used the black catwalk space as a cruising ground. Travelling in packs, they slinked through the darkness, stopping to throw thirst trap poses, advertising themselves to each other. They dressed to attract.
The women wore laser-cut patent leather “mesh” trench dresses and pencil skirts (technical marvels as well as offering sexy flashes of flesh beneath). There were look-at-me bright silk trouser suits and sheer bias dresses worn with cropped leather jackets and nothing but a tiny thong beneath (was that an oblique reference to the infamous GG thong Ford did at Gucci?). One mermaid gown worn by Vittoria Ceretti dipped so low at the back as to rule out wearing underwear. Erin O’Connor and Scott Barnhill walked in matching blue silk suits.
The men were just as overt as the women, stalking the catwalk in sleek, white jackets and tiny black leather shorts, jewel coloured suede blousons with nothing underneath, wet-look track pants and sheer silk running shorts with visible jockstrap beneath. It was hot, but oh so sophisticated – from the precision of the tailoring and the savour faire of the leather pieces, to the technical brilliance of a sheer dress impossibly suspended from one slender strap.
Seduced.
Photography courtesy of Tom Ford.
