He’s received mixed reviews on his spring 2015 collection and Tom Ford responded to the controversy with a blog entry explaining his inspiration.
The much-adored designer noted that he loved seeing Rihanna in her nipple-bearing dress at the CFDA Awards, even though it wasn’t something he’d crafted for her.
Of his use of various breast coverings, Ford shared, “It is a tribute to very young women who have the bodies to pull it off and that is actual pasties as in the case of Miley Cyrus or even a dress that leaves nothing at all to the imagination as worn by Rihanna to the CFDA awards in New York this past summer.”
“I was at the CFDA awards as I was receiving a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ [which I prefer to think of as a 'Mid Life Achievement Award'], and I have to say that Rihanna was for me, that night, one of the most beautiful women that I have ever beheld. I had designed several things for her specifically for that evening which she did not wear, but when I saw her it did not matter. I whispered into her ear that she was right not to have worn one of my dresses that night because she looked more beautiful than I have ever seen her look. She was stunning. As [husband] Richard [Buckley] said plainly after the evening, ‘If you are as beautiful as Rihanna, you almost owe it to the world to appear in public almost nude’ and I have to say that I wholeheartedly concur.”
After reading the blog, Ri-Ri responded, “i.heart.Tom.Ford ‘@papermagazine: Tom Ford pens a love letter to @rihanna's nipples.’”
