design Teacher Tom Ford and actor and singer Rita Wilson has been friends since they met at a charity event A few years ago – not just acquaintances, but people on vacation together (according to Ford, friendship at the highest level). Before the release of Wilson’s new album Now and Forever: Duets, , Ford interviewed Wilson about her creative process and what excites her About her latest record. Now and Forever: Duets is a collection of ‘ was sung by Wilson and a series of famous artists. She sang Paul Simon’s “Slip Slidin’ Away” with Willie Nelson, Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” with Josh Groban, and more. Below, an intimate conversation between Ford and Wilson.
Tom Ford: I remember very well the night we met. I live in Paris, design for Gucci, but do a pro bono event in Los Angeles for the APLA (Los Angeles AIDS Project). We transformed the Santa Monica airport runway into a giant outdoor nightclub. You walked down the tarmac with me, you were wearing the bronze strapless lamé dress and snakeskin boots I designed that season, and Tom [Hanks] was walking beside you, and I just remember feeling right away with you connect.
Rita Wilson: I’m so happy to be wearing that dress. I still have it. I remember being very comfortable with you and Richard [Barkley]. I can’t Do not Believe you are so unbelievably successful and everything you’re doing at Gucci is in full swing, I keep thinking when he’s been blown away by all this, this event you’re doing, all the success you’ve had and all this media. How could he be so present when surrounded…
Ford: It was a fun night, I had male and female go-go I remember the dancers on the box.
Ford: That was for many years Before and after we were just friends. It’s not just friends really… I’ve always thought that there are different levels of friends: friends who have lunch with you, friends who eat with you, and friends who go on vacation with you. These are your true friends and we’ve had so many vacations together!
Wilson: We have.
Wilson: No, this is not faith. It’s looking at yourself and finding out what makes you happy. Music always brings me great joy and satisfaction, so when I finally finished my first album, AM/FM , which is also a cover song of ’18s, I just thought “I would Do and have absolutely no expectations”, but then the album was heard by someone at Decca and I signed with them, which gave me confidence.
Ford: How long ago was that? fifteen years?
Ford: My god, it seems to me that you’ve been doing this for a long time, and I mean good. I guess it’s because you’re so mature in the music business now. It’s no longer “Oh Rita Wilson, I didn’t know she could sing” but more like “Oh yeah, have you heard Rita Wilson’s new album”. incredible.
FORD: I mean you’re on Broadway, you’ve played at the Sydney Opera House, Disney Concert Hall, the Carriage Festival, and the Grand Ole Opry! I mean come on! Tell me about your new duet album, which is great by the way. How do you choose the works and artists you work with?
Wilson: Well, I would say that the song selection really starts from
Ford: Wow. Really? so much?
Wilson: Maybe less than that, but we’ve been making a playlist. I think it’s crazy because we’ve been tinkering with this playlist and then what happens is when we start reaching out to artists to duet with me, I’ll give them songs to choose from, and inevitably the artist always chooses the songs that I’ll choose all the time want to do it with them.
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