In the margins of the fashion business it is not customary to talk about your weaknesses and problems, fear that you will become useless and uncalled for, makes you struggle with your vices in a circle of very close friends. In the last issue of Out magazine, Tom Ford gave a frank interview and admitted that he has serious problems with alcohol dependence and the only one who helps him to keep himself under control is his son.
As a result of fruitful work, Tom was awarded the title of "Man of Art-2016", which undoubtedly amuses his ego, but makes him reconsider his attitude to his life and ways of achieving glory.
Helped by his son to overcome dependence on alcohol!
Successful, talented, performances and director's ideas which cause admiration and envy, long time could not cope with "internal demons". It would seem that he was able to realize everything he dreamed about. In the interview, he talked about the secrets of his spiritual struggle and the realization of desires, which are given most heavily. Who supports him all this time and helps to create?
Tom Ford never concealed that he was an open homosexual. In September 2012, the designer became engaged to his chosen journalist Richard Buckley. The couple have been together for more than twenty years and the decision to jointly raise a son, for them, was deliberate and balanced. Four years ago, with the help of a surrogate motherhood, a child appeared in the family, Alexander John Buckley Ford.
According to Tom, the long-awaited birth of his son and happiness in marriage did not bring him peace of mind and get out of the depression. The designer admitted that he had problems before and he was looking for an outlet in alcohol, but only by the age of 40 he realized that he can not control the amount of alcohol and drugs consumed. In an interview with the New York Post, Tom shared:
I always wanted children, but flight for careers and eternal problems pushed my dream of a son to a later time. When Jack appeared in our family (which is how Alexander John is called in the family), I was in a serious condition and could not control myself. The worst thing is that I allowed myself to be near the child in such an inadequate condition. It's hard for me to realize that I once dropped it on the stairs, and on another occasion, accidentally burned a cigarette.
To create and live for the future of his son!
Tom Ford does not hide that he idealized parental duties and did not understand all the responsibilities and complexities. Only in time he realized and voiced to journalists that:
The son is the only person for whom I can sacrifice myself. After his appearance, I removed thoughts of self-destruction from my head. Fatherhood has become a difficult but important lesson for me.
Of course, Tom Ford asked for medical help, after a rehabilitation course, he broke into the world of fashion and film art with new strength. Leaving the post of creative director of Gucci and opening his own brand Tom Ford, in recent years, he realizes himself in the film industry. The painting "Lonely Man", released in 2008, showed him as a talented director, the rental of the second film "Under the cover of night" will be held next month.
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We are sure that by putting an end to the struggle with internal weaknesses, we will be able to enjoy not only new author's collections, but also the director's performances and film works.
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