After spending 25 years as Tom Ford’s right-hand man — at Gucci and then at his namesake label — Peter Hawkings survived less than a year as his successor.
“At the end of the day, desire is what makes the world go around, and Tom Ford is synonymous with desire,” the designer Peter Hawkings told Vogue in 2023. Newly anointed as the creative director of the Tom Ford brand at the time — the only person to hold the position besides its founder — Mr. Hawkings was charged with bringing Ford-style sexy back, though in his own fashion.
“My vision of sexiness is going to be probably more subtle than Tom’s,”
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