TOM FORD SS26: MIDNIGHT SEDUCTION UNDER ELECTRIC BLUE LIGHT

Camz
Oct 8
2 min read

A cinematic return to sensuality

Haider Ackermann has found his place at Tom Ford. There will only ever be one Tom, but Ackermann has clearly inherited the founder’s flair for the cinematic : that intoxicating blend of power, polish, and provocation. For Spring Summer 2026, he did not simply present a show; he directed one. “I told them I want them to seduce,” he said backstage. “They’re aware they’re seducing, but they act as if they’re not aware of it : it’s all this kind of game.”

The midnight swim fantasy

“It’s all about a midnight swim,” Ackermann confessed. “In the summer I like to take a dive in the ocean at midnight. I think that’s the most dangerous and sexy thing in the world.” And just like that, the entire collection made sense: sleek, wet, and a little bit forbidden.

Patent leather pieces were laser-cut with slits so fine they looked as if they had been kissed by saltwater.

There were no swimsuits, but the spirit of one hovered everywhere in the daring exposure of skin, in the shimmer of fabric under light.

For the women, tiny triangle bras replaced shirts, a deliberate nod to vulnerability turned into power.

For the men, sheer shorts revealed jockstraps beneath, unapologetically bold and suggestive. The collection oozed physical confidence, sensuality stripped of pretense, and an embrace of seduction as both armor and art form.

Between gravity and provocation

Ackermann may now hold the reins of Tom Ford, but he is not hiding behind the legacy. Instead, he channels its essence: erotic confidence and makes it unmistakably his own. Eveningwear appeared to defy logic. A single-strap gown, curving over one shoulder to cup the opposite breast, balanced engineering with desire.

Other looks nodded to fashion’s most scandalous history lessons: Rudi Gernreich’s monokinis and Ackermann’s own Spring 2011 topless dresses, where mere strings held fabric in place or almost did. There was tension in every piece, the push and pull between control and chaos, between seduction and restraint.

A delirium of color

Though the show space was bathed in deep, almost-black blue, the clothes burst through with unapologetic color. Lime green, baby pink, and mint satin suits gleamed like nightclub lights after midnight. Draped dresses in orange and pool blue swirled through the haze, every movement catching the light like ripples on the surface of water.

It was Tom Ford sensuality seen through Ackermann’s prism, less Miami heat, more dreamlike European summer night. Every shade, every fabric, every gesture was calibrated for seduction, but never without mystery.

The final act of seduction

For the finale, Ackermann reached into the Tom Ford playbook and added his own signature: smoke. The air filled with it, turning the runway into a mirage of silhouettes and glances, a cinematic fade-out on desire itself.

By the end, no one cared where Tom Ford ended and Haider Ackermann began. The collection was a masterclass in modern sensuality, sharp enough to cut, fluid enough to slip through your fingers.

A midnight swim, a whisper of danger, a final exhale of smoke and just like that, Tom Ford was once again the sexiest brand alive.

Consider us completely, and willingly, seduced.

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