In a far away time when I had every intention to study the art of fashion, I fell in love with a couple of designers. My first crush came in the form of Jean-Paul Gaultier whose couture lines and presentations made for a movie-like trance. Hot on his heels came affairs with Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and John Galliano. I didn’t come across Tom Ford until he became the talk of the town for turning Gucci around and just as quickly as I came to recognize his work, he retired – sort of.

There’s a good reason for my reminiscing about an old love. When Ford left behind the big fashion houses to run his own label, he also seemed to step away from the limelight and now it seems that there’s a reason for his departure.

This morning, I flagged a story at Movie Web with a headline that included Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode all starring together in a film but it wasn’t until I spotted a picture of Ford in conjunction with a similar story from Yahoo! that I realized his connection with the project.

The project in question is titled A Single Man and is based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel set in Southern California during 1962 depicting one day in the life of George, a gay middle-aged Englishman who works as a college professor in Los Angeles and whose lover, Jim, has recently died. I have not read the original work but it certainly sounds like the type of material Ford would be attracted to but can he direct? He definitely has an eye for what looks good but that doesn’t necessarily translate into a good filmmaker. Still, Ford is a bit of an attraction for me and with this cast, (I can’t turn away from the opportunity to see Firth and Goode together and Moore is just added bonus) it’s hard to turn away.