In the fashion industry, the name Tom Ford brings to mind images of post-coital women writhing around naked with bottles of expensive cologne pressed between their legs—but not everything in the world of this designer is sex and money. To some, Ford is a style icon, while to others he’s a peddler of smut and perversion; but somewhere between the runway shows and the raw lust is a focused man who fought his way to the top, battled depression and refused to let anyone else take control of his own artistic visions.