Tom Ford and Richard Buckley

It was New Year’s Eve in 1986 when Tom Ford and Richard Buckley attended a common friend’s fashion show and met for the first time. They saw each other on the elevator and at that moment they knew that there was something special going on between them. Tom admitted that it was a case of love at first sight, which was later confessed by Richard. He just couldn’t take his eyes off of him, it’s as if he was looking into his future.

When they celebrated their three decades of being together, people started asking what the secret to their long-lasting relationship is, especially since they now also share a four-year-old child, Alexander John Buckley Ford. According to Tom, the most important thing for a relationship to work, aside from love, is the degree of respect both sides give to each other. Even during the trying, they managed to stick together because they believe in each other’s great heart and soul.