Tom Ford

Tom Ford's last Gucci womenswear show, Milan, February 2004 Ford turned his exit into a glossy mini-retrospective, recreating the high points of roughly a decade at Gucci with fresh polish. For anyone who only knows Gucci as a logo, this is the clearest snapshot of how he rebuilt it into the sexiest name in fashion. It is also a reminder that tenure endings can come in pairs: his final Yves Saint Laurent ready-to-wear show followed in Paris weeks later, closing both jobs in a single season.