This Texan born designer and film director turned around the fortunes of Gucci and YSL and had a huge success with A Single Man. A fixture at New York’s Studio 54, his designs are hugely influenced by the club’s disco-era glamour and his love of all things black and square. Ford met his journalist partner, Richard Buckley, at a fashion show in 1986. They share a love for smooth fox terriers and announced the birth of their son, Alexander Buckley Ford, in September 2012. Of being “gay,” he comments: “I hate that word” but declares that he’ll marry when same-sex marriage is legalised in California. Of Ford, his partner, Buckley, adds: “There’s only one Tom for me.”

The Roll Call - TRENDSETTERS

1

Arjun Waney

2

André Balazs

3

Danilo Tersigni

4

Nati Abascal y Romero-Toro (formerly The Most Excellent The Duchess of Feria)

5

Oliver Kremer

6

Hugo Campbell-Davys

7

Kate Spivak

8

Jon Levy

9

Michael Polenske

10

Rosemary Conley

11

Francesca Bortolotto Possati

12

Barbara Hulanicki OBE

13

Kelly Hoppen MBE

14

Victoria Beckham

15

Joy Venturini Bianchi

16

Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau (born Lillian Lee McKim; 1931 – 2013)

17

Tom Ford

18

Harry Handelsman

19

Martha Stewart

20

Sara Murray OBE

21

Jo Malone MBE

22

Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah

23

Erik Wachtmeister

24

Natalie Massenet

25

Nicky Haslam (Nicholas Haslam)

26

Hugh Warrender

27

Chris Corbin OBE & Jeremy King OBE

28

Lapo Elkann

29

Charlie Gilkes