"Erykah Badu is set to become the face of Tom Ford's forthcoming fragrance. I just read it in the New York Times profile on Erykah, The Mind of a One-Woman Multitude (very entertaining), but apparently it was reported first atVogue UK.
I've done some checking and no one seems to know the name of the new fragrance BUT... and this is a big BUT - Erykah herself has already revealed the name! My pal Najwa Moses got the scoop during a brief Q&A with Erykah a few days ago and posted it. Erykah told Najwa that she really feels good about the fragrance, that Tom is a very good friend of hers and that he is a "passionate artist " about his craft. "
A BADU MOVE
NEVER one to shy away from grabbing the occasional headline - particularly when it comes to advertising - VOGUE.COM hears that Tom Ford is working with politically-outspoken singer Erykah Badu. The American soulstress will be the face of Ford's new fragrance, the name of which has not yet been released. Badu shot to fame in the Nineties with hits such On & On, which earned her a Grammy, and was known early in her career for her colourful African headwraps; she also changed the spelling of her name, which was originally 'Erica', to 'Erykah', which she believed to be her original 'slave' name. But while she may have been out of the musical limelight for almost four years, getting in front of the lens for Ford shouldn't be too much of an upheaval for her - she has recently been trying to crack Hollywood, with parts in movies such as The Cider House Rules. (February 19 2008, AM)
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