He has said in multiple interviews that his first lover was the late artist Ian Falconer,"Tom Ford, The Marquis de Sex" by Michael Hainey, GQ, October 31, 2004."The Mourning After" by Peter Bowen, Filmmaker, http://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/winter2010/a-single-man.php who went on to write and illustrate the very popular Olivia the Pig children's book series. Ford maintains that he and Falconer remained good friends until Falconer's death in 2023; decades after their breakup, Ford lent Falconer's last name to the title character of his first movie, A Single Man"Tom Ford Tells All" The Advocate, November 9, 2009, (in the source novel the character originally only had a first name).
He has said in multiple interviews that his first lover was the late artist Ian Falconer"Tom Ford, The Marquis de Sex" by Michael Hainey, GQ, October 31, 2004."The Mourning After" by Peter Bowen, Filmmaker, http://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/winter2010/a-single-man.php who went on to write and illustrate the very popular Olivia the Pig children's book series. Ford maintains that he and Falconer remained good friends until Falconer's death in 2023; decades after their breakup, Ford lent Falconer's last name to the title character of his first movie, A Single Man"Tom Ford Tells All" The ,Advocate, November 9, 2009, (in the source novel the character originally only had a first name).