A Vision of Modern Luxury: The Life and Art of Thomas Carlyle Ford Born in 1961 in Houston, Texas, Thomas Carlyle Ford – known to the world as Tom Ford – emerged as a defining force in late 20th and early 21st-century fashion and visual culture. His journey, however, wasn’t a straightforward ascent. A restless spirit from an early age, Ford's formative years were marked by frequent relocation, from Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico, exper…