Ford Expanding Fragrance, Retail

Tom Ford doesn't believe in wasting time, and right now the focus is on his new women's fragrance White Patchouli, due in September, and the men's wear shop he will open in Milan on Monday.

The designer said the 10,000-square-foot, six-floor Milan space is "cleaner, sharper, more angular and maybe a little more contemporary" than its New York counterpart. "I want each store to reflect the context of the city in which it is," said Ford by telephone from Milan. "The New York store is very intimate, but the Milan space gives us space to display everything. In Milan, we have a floor for suitings, a floor for sportswear, a floor for leather goods, a ground-floor perfumery."