Through Vogue, Tom Ford distributes images of his Spring 2012 collection, first shown during London Fashion Week. In a season where everyone seemed to be celebrating prints, Ford stayed in a decidedly solid lane with the line overall having a more evening than daytime feel, with the best pieces his red-carpet-perfect evening gowns like the one featured above.

Looking through the images, thoughts of Gucci kept springing to mind, which has to be expected. As a result of his strategy to position the label in an ultra-low profile manner, there haven’t been many opportunities for an iconic look to emerge and be identified as distinctly Tom Ford rather than the label where he made his name. If it’s Ford’s intent to stay very limited to the point where he’s almost doing custom designing then that strategy could work, but if he wants to be a bit more mass with retail stores not to mention perfumes and whatnot he may need to loosen up a bit when it comes to letting the public in.

More images on the next page.

This image is going viral on all the fashion sites–it’s a backstage shot taken at Tom Ford’s London Fashion week show, taken by runway model Candice Swanepoel, who Twittered it (and indeed it is still there on her page as I type this). This is a big deal because Ford has set himself up as the anti-internet designer who wants nothing to do with anything instantaneous and is very protective when it comes to images being taken at his shows. Then again, if no attempt is being made to remove the image one has to wonder if its leak wasn’t given the downlow okay.

On the next page, see Swanepoel in a Tom Ford black lace dress she recently wore to an event honoring Mario Testino. Next to her in the first image is model Rosie Huntington wearing Burberry.

Tom Ford has released the print campaign for a unisex scent (plus shower gel, bath soap, etc.) called Neroli Portofino. We spotted this at Fashioncopious, where the ad is viewed as a bit cheap. We can’t say we’re over the moon for it either, but we see this as more of an ongoing theme of Ford being somewhat stuck in the style themes of his salad days with Gucci. That being said, we see this as a normal part of the process of reentering the game–even when you’re one of the great ones–you stumble a bit, but stay undeterred and focused and eventually you hit your stride.

Tom Ford had a store opening party in Los Angeles on Rodeo Drive yesterday. It’s his first store with an entire floor dedicated to womenswear. No one with an internet connection was allowed to attend. (That’s a joke for anyone who’s thinking of reporting it as actual news.) Seriously though, if there is an industry leader who has created more ill will among the fashion internets–you know, that place all those “international fashion magazines” are scrambling to draw traffic as their print subscriptions circle the drain–I’m not sure who it is.

Images of Amber Valletta. Ginnifer Goodwin, Milla Jovovich, Eva Longoria, Rachel Zoe and a few others–a lot of whom are wearing designs from Tom Ford’s Spring runway–on the next page.

We posted the Tom Ford runway video on Saturday and here are some images for those who can’t watch. Not the clearest but they’ll work for now. Via Beautyisdiversity.

Tom Ford’s Spring 2011 runway presentation has finally hit the internet. Watching it is like viewing how a fashion show might be presented in a movie. Everyone is chic, it’s intimate, people are smiling and clapping appreciatively (Beyonce got major cheers) and yes, it feels exclusive. Gotta say, Ford is quite the magic maker when it comes to presentation. And we could make fun of him for all the ways he’s gone back on his promises to avoid the instantaneous nature of the internet, but whatever. Ford quit the women’s game before fashion on line exploded so it’s probably going to take a minute before he figures out how he wants to work it. As it is, this video is going to be on every fashion site known to human kind within the next 48 hours, which isn’t as small a feat as it sounds.

A whole bunch of Spring fashion ads have been uploaded to various sites recently, including this one for Tom Ford’s eyewear campaign, which features model Abbey Lee Kershaw. Ford goes for the bigger-than-life librarian look for this particular pair. They’re super cute, and well set off by the giant crystal necklace, plus a killer red mani that perfectly coordinates with Kershaw’s lipstick. More on the next page, including two men’s styles.

Daughter of Carine, Juilan Restoin Roitfeld, interviewed Tom Ford for V Magazine issue No. 69 and photographed herself wearing four of his dresses. The rest of the looks on the next page.

We posted the cover shot last month, and now Vogue Paris has now made available  half a dozen or so pages from the issue on its site. This image features cover 15-year old Dutch model Daphne Groeneveld, styled by Carine Roitfeld and photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott.

U.S. Vogue landed the first Tom Ford editorial, but Vogue Paris has Ford on its December cover and assisting on editing duties. Here he is with 15-year-old Dutch model Daphne Groeneveld (who some feel for this shoot has been excessively styled to resemble Lara Stone), as photographed by Mert & Marcus.