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.
