'Challenging myself for sure': Can Haider Ackermann truly 'become' Tom Ford?


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Haider Ackermann, the new designer for Tom Ford, is on the verge of introducing a new collection for men and women. Photo: The New York Times

One evening in late January, Haider Ackermann, the new designer at Tom Ford, was tucked into a velvet banquette at La Reserve, a discreet, tryst-worthy hotel not far from the Elysee Palace in Paris.

He was doing his best impression of Ford, the man himself.

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