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Tom Ford, born on August 27, 1961 in Austin, Texas, is an American fashion designer. He is considered one of the most famous and powerful designers ever. After graduating from the Parsons School of Design in 1986, originally having studied architecture, he took design jobs with Cathy Hardwick and Perry Ellis. During 1990, Gucci's creative director Dawn Mello recruited him to design women's ready-to-wear, and afterward Ford moved on and became the chief director for Gucci. By 1999, Ford had brought Gucci from an approximately bankrupt business to a fashion power worth 4.3 billion dollars. When Gucci acquired the house of Yves Saint Laurent, Ford was named the original director of that label as well. In 2004, Ford stepped down from both of his positions, with talks about deficient to direct films. Openly gay, Ford considers himself married to his partner of almost two decades, Richard Buckley (1948- ), a fashion and style journalist who resigned on 4 February 2005 as editor in chief of the publication "Vogue Hommes International". Ford has mentioned in an interview that he would like to have children, but that Buckley is beside the idea. Noted for his interest in current architecture, Ford has commissioned houses from the Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando.