If there happen to be parents out there with an undying love for both luxury fashion and Sons of Anarchy, then Tom Ford has hit the nail right on the head. The American fashion designer recently unveiled an all-new seven-piece limited edition collection of kids biker jackets with prices ranging from $2,000 to $5,000. Available online through the fashion label’s e-store, the limited edition collection is designed in miniature sizes and includes styles for both young boys and girls. The kids biker jacket collection includes a chocolate Safari Biker in lightweight suede, a pale blue or pale pink Denim Jacket in lightweight suede, a black or pale pink Fringe Biker jacket in rubbed plonge, and a black or pale pink Biker Jacket in rubbed plonge. The jackets feature a number of vintage stylings, including fringes, studs, and diagonally-stitched zippers. Ford said in a recent statement, “I designed the black leather motorcycle jacket for my son Jack, and then I started producing them as gifts just for friends. I realized that it would actually be fun to design an edited collection of kid’s clothes, which are just going into my stores now.” The kids collection of biker jackets is planned to hit boutique racks in time for the holiday season.
Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and film director who gained international fame for his turnaround of Gucci and the creation of the Tom Ford label as well as directing the film A Single Man. Born in 1961 in Austin, Texas, Ford moved to New York City to study art history at New York University, where he dropped out after only a year, preferring to focus on acting in television commercials. Ford eventually began studying interior architecture–and later fashion–at the The New School’s famous art and design college, Parsons The New School for Design. In 1990, a then unknown Ford was hired as Gucci’s chief women’s ready-to-wear designer was promoted to the be Italian luxury leather goods brand’s creative director only three years later. By 1999, the fashion house–which had almost been bankrupt when Ford joined–was valued at around $4.3 billion. When Ford left Gucci in 2004, the company was valued at $10 billion. After leaving Gucci, Ford launched a new line of menswear, beauty, eyewear, and accessories in 2006 under the Tom Ford established brand, announced the opening of his film production company FADE TO BLACK in 2005, and made his film directorial debut in 2009 with A Single Man, which was based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. Tom Ford currently has a net worth of $70 million.
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