As the years continue to unravel and my exposure and knowledge of the man behind the brand continue to flourish, there's seriously not one thing Mister Tom Ford, can do wrong in my big ol' Bette Davis looking eyes. Below is a quote pulled from a new OUT cover featuring Tom's beloved partner of over 24 years, Richard Buckley. The magazine apparently opted to do away with their annual swimsuit issue and choose to focus on a couples and relationships issue instead.
The portrait, to no surprise, was shot by Tom himself.
"One of the things that always amuses me -- amuses isn’t even the right word, because it doesn’t amuse me -- but often, I’m at dinner parties with very close friends, straight, and they realize that Richard and I have been together 24 years, and the response is often, "Wow, you guys have been together 24 years! That’s so amazing. I don’t think of gay men being together that long." And I’m, like, "Why? What are you talking about?" Some of the longest relationships I know of are same-sex couples. A lot of my straight friends have married and divorced and married and divorced in the time Richard and I have been together. I think that preconception, from even very educated liberal friends, that being gay is possibly more sex-based than emotionally based, is surprising and shocking in today’s world."
I attached this beautiful tune below because not only is the band and song titled, "Kisses", but the feel of its sound captures the cover issues mood very well I think. Funny enough, I think Mister Ford would agree as well.
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