What you need to know about Tom Ford’s new creative director Haider Ackermann? Here are 10 short but important facts from his biography

Yesterday it was learned that designer Haider Ackermann is the new creative director of Tom Ford. “It is with great pride that I will honor the legacy of Tom Ford, whom I have long admired and respected immensely,” he commented. On this occasion, we share 10 short but important facts from his biography.

Fact No. 1. The designer was born in Colombia, adopted by a French couple when she was nine months old, and grew up in Algeria.

Fact No. 2. He is often called the second Yves Saint Laurent.

Fact number 3. In 2010, Karl Lagerfeld said that he saw Haider Ackermann as his ideal successor.

Fact No. 4. Haider Ackermann studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp but never graduated from there.

Fact No. 5. He interned with designer John Galliano.

Fact No. 6. In 2001, Haider Ackermann founded his eponymous brand and in March of the same year presented his first womenswear collection at Paris Fashion Week.

Fact No. 7. Tilda Swinton was one of the first celebrities to support Ackermann. The actress appeared in his dress at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. “Our relationship reminds me of the relationship between Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn,” the designer said of his friendship with Tilda Swinton.

Fact No: 8. Haider Ackermann was creative director of Berluti from 2016 to 2018. And in April 2024, the designer took up a similar position at Canada Goose.

Fact No. 9. Haider Ackermann has created a couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier in 2023.

Fact No. 10. According to Ackermann, he was offered the position of head of the Maison Margiela fashion house, but he turned down the offer.