Sunday, May 16, 2010

ICON... Tom Ford

Thomas Carlyle "Tom" Ford, was born August 27, 1961. He is an American fashion designer and film director. He gained international fame for his turn around of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford label.

In April 2004, Ford parted ways with the Gucci group after he and CEO [Domenico de Sole], who is credited as Ford's partner in the success story that is Gucci, failed to agree with PPR bosses over creative control of the Group.

Since the launch of his menswear collection, Tom Ford has dressed many of Hollywood’s leading men including: Brad Pitt, Jon Hamm, Colin Firth, Tom Hanks, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Bradley Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Alexander Skarsgard, and Johnny Depp. In 2008, Tom Ford outfitted Daniel Craig as James Bond in Quantum of Solace.

Ford and his partner, journalist Richard Buckley, have been together for over 23 years. Buckley was the former Editor in Chief of Vogue Hommes International. They currently live in London, Santa Fe and Los Angeles. The couple has discussed having children.
David Robert Joseph Beckham, was born on May 2, 1975. David is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Milan in Serie A, on loan from Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy. He is also an established member of the England national team.
David is married to former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham. The couple have three sons and currently reside in Beverly Hills, California.
David together with Victoria, has became known as a fashion plate, the couple became lucrative spokespeople sought after by clothing designers, health and fitness specialists, fashion magazines, perfume and cosmetics manufacturers, hair stylists, exercise promoters, and spa and recreation companies. One recent example is a new line of aftershave and fragrances called David Beckham Instinct.
According to Google, "David Beckham" was searched for more than any other sports topic on their site in 2003 and 2004.
In 2002, David was hailed as the ultimate "metrosexual" by the man who invented the term and has been described as such by scores of other articles since.
On December 2009, search engine Ask Jeeves named David Beckham as the third most online searched person in the last decade.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

All The Girls Are Gossiping About... Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, was born February 5, 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer. Cristiano plays as a forward for Spanish Club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo currently holds the distinction of being the most expensive player in football history after having transferred to Real Madrid from Manchester United in a deal worth £80 million (US $132m). His contract with Real Madrid is believed to have made him the highest-paid football player in the world.