NEW YORK — Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, the majority stakeholder in Gucci, has denied reports that it’s looking for new leadership at the Italian design house. But there’s no denying that Tom Ford is at the top of his game. After showing stellar fall collections for both Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, he’s carrying the bravado into resort. He designed Gucci with a Western swagger, keeping it boyish by day and — surprise, surprise — sexy by night. At Saint Laurent, resort features “color, color, color,” Ford said. “There are shades of the 1940s, but” — quickly qualifying his retro reference — “there’s a bit of the Pointer Sisters, too.”
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