Tom Ford Beauty

Beauty giant Estée Lauder Cos Inc. has purchased luxury American fashion, cosmetics and fragrance brand Tom Ford. The deal sees Tom Ford himself remaining as the brand’s creative director until the end of 2023, when the newly-minted billionaire plans to move on. Already responsible for the license for Tom Ford Beauty, overseeing the distribution and management of the designer’s luxury fragrances and makeup – a profitable collection which saw an almost 25 percent net sales growth in a combined Q1 and Q2 this year. The deal ensures that Estée Lauder will completely acquire the well-performing Tom Ford Beauty, as well as add a fully-fledged fashion house to its portfolio for the first time, a move that experts say mimics similar moves made by other major luxury groups.
Gigi Hadid for Tom Ford SS19
First prominent as the boundary-pushing creative director for Gucci, then Yves Saint Laurent, Ford opened his eponymous fashion house in 2005. Tom Ford Beauty first launched in 2008 with the iconic Black Orchid EDP, a spicy floral created by David Appel and Pierre Negrin. Released the following year, the brand’s Private Blend collection cemented Tom Ford Beauty as a chic and sexy companion to Ford’s sultry fashion aesthetic. Color cosmetics followed in 2011, with a skincare line named Tom Ford Research launching in 2019.
While Tom Ford Beauty is predicted to continue its upwards success, Estée Lauder has seen multiple beauty brands in its stable close recently. Female-founded brands Rodin Olio Russo and Becca Cosmetics both shuttered in the last two years. Its designer fragrances division which holds the licenses for Donna Karan, DKNY, Michael Kors, and Tommy Hilfiger will be closed in June 2023, leaving the brands to seek new agreements elsewhere.

HH Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan photographed by Victor Santiago
Recently photographed for a series of portraits, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the picture of elegance, wearing Italian high jewelry brand Pasquale Bruni founded in 1968. For the UAE royal’s modeling debut, she chose the brand out of appreciation for its vision and approach to using healing stones as well as the study of the human body’s anatomy that creative director Eugenia Bruni put into the making of the pieces.
As a known advocate of meditation and positive energy, the princess shares with Bruni the nature of being kind, and spiritual. Both being strong yet sensitive women, their connection was brought about by their mutual support for female empowerment and being deeply in touch with their emotional sphere. “Enchanting heart in a charming beauty,” is how Bruni describes the experience of working with the royal. Sheikha Fatima says, “Pasquale Bruni’s jewelry doesn’t only feel like it’s sitting on your body as an external accessory, it gifts you the feeling of being part of your own, while perfectly embracing it and warming the soul.”
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan photographed by Victor Santiago
In the portraits, Sheikha Fatima glows in a delicate peach makeup look, which enhanced her natural beauty and complimented the pastel lilac wardrobe. Styled by fashion stylist and art director Marco Ferra, in a silky lavender Elisabetta Franchi blouse, and matching Pasquale Bruni collier, earrings, and cuff, the Sheikha and Vogue Arabia’s April 2021 cover star appeared poised and graceful in front of the camera. Makeup artist Alessandra Semisa describes the photo session as “an honor”. “Regarding the beauty look, it’s all about respecting Her Highness’ natural beauty,” shares Semisa. “Not much makeup was applied as it was not necessary.”
HH Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan photographed by Boo George for Vogue Arabia April 2021
The new portraits not only coincide with the 50th year of the UAE’s formation, but also the year where the royal chose Vogue Arabia for her first magazine cover, and shared with editor-in-chief Manuel Arnaut her appreciation for her family of strong women, and the men who support them. The granddaughter of the founders of the UAE, HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, the dynamic princess is a modern role model for women across the region. Dedicated to giving back to her nation, the Sheikha is the chairperson of both the Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy and the Ladies Club of Al-Ain and Abu Dhabi, and a passionate philanthropist as the engaging founder of the Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation. She is also the founder of the respected Al Shira’aa Stables. As the iconic royal told Vogue Arabia for her April 2021 cover story: “I grew up with a love for the UAE and the determination that I need to give back, just like my grandfather taught me.”
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