Chapter 29
Tom Ford. Super sexy, gay, masculine, successful, married to former editor in chief of Vogue Hommes International, Richard Buckley. A role model for the millennium, Neal decided, thinking of his youth, when he was reaching for something, anything to aspire to other than Liberace. The Ford flagship store at Madison and 70th was more an über-bachelor pad than a spot to shop. The frosted double door entrance swung into a penthouse-like foyer, with a large metalwork sculpture. There were doorways left and right. Neal went left, toward a room set up like a Lord’s sitting area. An armoire revealed velvet slippers and a dressing gown ($3,900). On the sofa two men sat chatting in low voices and sipping cocktails served by a butler in traditional uniform. The place was surreal, complete
