Predictions are one thing, but performance another.
Wrapping waists with dramatic belts is another commonality, as are precision cuts that frame the skin provocatively.
Notably, both designers have a weak spot for the soft seduction of velvet.

Tom Ford, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, fall 2016 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, spring 2016 ready-to-wear
Haider Ackermann for Ruffo Research, spring 2003 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, spring 2020 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2011 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, spring 2022 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2016 ready-to-wear
Tom Ford, fall 2013 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, fall 2020 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2004 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, fall 2016 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2015 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, spring 2018 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2010 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, fall 2020 ready-to-wear
Haider Ackermann, fall 2013 ready-to-wear
Tom Ford, fall 2013 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2017 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, fall 2016 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2018 ready-to-wear
Tom Ford, fall 2013 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, all 2020 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, spring 2015 ready-to-wear

Tom Ford, fall 2020 ready-to-wear

Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2023 couture

Tom Ford, fall 2022 ready-to-wear

Haider Ackermann, fall 2016 ready-to-wear