Tom Ford takes fashion back in time to find its lost mystique

The celebrated designer's London fashion week show will be a private, intimate affair with no photographs ? just like launches used to beWe know the fashion world. It is all about impact, flashbulbs, shock tactics and mass exposure, right? Well, no: not any more. Tom Ford, arch-manipulator of the scene, is about to take his industry back to the sedate glamour that used to surround the great fashion houses of Paris and Milan.Tomorrow, somewhere in London, in front of just a few guests, Ford will modestly present his new collection of womenswear. There will be no photographers, no bloggers and no live streaming. All the American fashion designer and film director is promising for this, his first foray into London fashion week, is some "pretty clothes". Yet the buzz surrounding Ford's

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