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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 8 February 2019

Big hats and simple elegance for Tom Ford at NY Fashion Week

By LEANNE ITALIE but Ford stuck to his pledge
Associated Press to take care with those
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Ford materials, sticking to food
says these tumultuous times byproducts in shearling
pointed him in the oppo- pieces and leather suits for
site direction at New York men.
Fashion Week on Wednes- He remains torn by the fake
day night with a collection fur versus real fur debate,
of gentle, non-aggressive detailing biodegradability
elegance done in simple rates and how many years
silhouettes, with some Los each item remains in circu-
Angeles-inspired pops of lation before it’s tossed.
color. “I’m quite torn by it,” Ford
There was a distinctive ‘70s said.
vibe in fake-fur fedoras with “Real fur biodegrades in six
wide brims and fluffy over- months. Fake fur pollutes
sized coats. For evening, the environment to manu-
he did long silk jersey body- facture and doesn’t bio-
skimming dresses adorned degrade for hundreds of
with chains of pale pink years, so I don’t know.”
and lilac that framed shoul- And what of those big hats,
ders and backs. The links some in gold and silver? He
were the only adornment. doesn’t do hats often.
Make no mistake: The clas- Fashion from the Tom Ford collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, “I’ve been spending more
sic Ford attention to detail in New York. time in New York, secretly,
was on display, as was a Associated Press and when you’re in New
certain swagger. Some of tain colors has changed,” clothes. dresses in jersey and velvet York in the winter you ac-
the autumn-winter looks he said in an interview “I feel agitated and upset, suits. tually think OK, it’s raining
were lined and faced in silk backstage after the show. and I think clothing right “That’s because that’s who or it’s snowing or it’s really
with hand-done detailing Ford also had the 18th cen- now should be non-ag- I am. That’s what I like,” cold, I can totally see a hat
for his usual touch of luxury. tury’s use of color on his gressive. And that sounds Ford said. “At a certain on the street,” he said. “In
Since decamping from mind, along with the touch strange coming from me point you get to a certain today’s world, they sort of
London to Los Angeles of American designer because often I have done age and you say, well this don’t make sense.”
nearly two years ago, Ford Charles James. His clash of somewhat aggressive, is just my style. This is what I Just don’t call these hats
yet again has embraced reds and pinks evoked the hard clothes. I wanted it to like. And this is what I should fit for a ‘70s pimp (Ford’s
color, but this time around work of Yves St. Laurent, just be beautiful,” he said. do.” soundtrack included the
it came mostly in faded a house where he once Ford certainly referenced Ford designs for specific, Bee Gees disco standard
shades of pale blue, dove served as creative director. his own design roots, hav- grown-up clients, ladies “Stayin’ Alive”). He was go-
grey, plum, caramel, pink On the opening day of ing made a reputation at and men of luxury and el- ing more for Diana Ross in
and rich browns and deep women’s week, Ford said Gucci with pants and shirts egance, with a little pea- the 1976 film “Mahogany”
burgundy. today’s political climate (skinny, tailored trousers cock thrown in. They may and Beyonce in “Dream
“My acceptance of cer- definitely influenced the with tailored jackets), white like all things fur and leather Girls.”q

‘Killer Collective’ is another page turner from Barry Eisler

By BRUCE DESILVA Marine sniper. And deadly escape when the unknown ren), Eisler’s tale is anything
Associated Press black ops soldiers Ben Trev- bad guy tries to tie up loose but cartoonish. In fact, the
“The Killer Collective” er and Daniel Larison. And ends. Lone and the FBI most compelling part of the
(Thomas & Mercer), by Bar- the pair’s old commander, agents had been marked story is the way the author
ry Eisler Scott Horton. As the story for death after uncovering portrays the complex rela-
At first blush, Barry Eisler’s begins, all but Lone have a pedophile ring involving tionships among his char-
new thriller resembles one retired to quiet lives, but in- six Secret Service Agents. acters, from old romantic
of those cartoonish action evitably, trouble finds them. Such a scandal would be involvements to past be-
movies in which a handful The action starts when embarrassing, of course, trayals that have them bris-
of retired covert operators someone who wants to re- but would someone re- tling with mutual distrust. All
who don’t trust each other main unknown uses Horton ally bring down an airliner of that must be overcome if
are forced by circumstanc- to arrange a hit. He’ll pay to cover it up? Clearly, a they are to work as a team.
es to join forces for one last Rain a million dollars to kill more nefarious conspiracy Eisler, a former covert oper-
job. a Seattle cop and two FBI involving higher-ups must ative for the CIA, knows this
Indeed, Eisler has assem- agents if the hit man can be at work. turf. And as usual with an
bled the most memorable This cover image released by make the deaths appear So Lone and Rain combine Eisler novel, the plot is full of
characters from his 14 pre- Thomas & Mercer shows “The accidental. forces, and the “Killer Col- twists, the prose is muscular
vious novels and given Killer Collective” by Barry After Rain turns down the lective” is assembled to and the action unfolds at
each major roles in “The Kill- Eisler. job, an airliner carrying identify the conspirators a torrid pace. The result is
er Collective.” There’s Livia Associated Press the FBI agents crashes into and take them out. another page turner from
Lone, a Seattle sex crimes assassin who specializes in Lake Michigan. A team of Unlike movies such as one of the better thriller
investigator who would “natural causes.” And Deli- assassins tries to bushwhack “Red” (featuring Bruce Wil- writers since James Grady
rather kill perverts than jail lah, a treacherous Mossad Lone and botches the job. lis, Morgan Freeman, John published “Six Days of the
them. And John Rain, an agent. And Dox, a former And Horton and Rain barely Malkovich and Helen Mir- Condor” in 1974.q