Tom Ford is giving it up.
In what is probably his most revealing interview, the former Gucci designer didn't hold back when talking to writer Kevin Sessums for his new Advocate cover story.
First up, Ford's battle with depression. He says he had a serious midlife crisis when he turned 40.
"I have always struggled throughout my life with depression," Ford, now 48, says. "I've never made any of this public because…well…I'm not one to wear any of this on my sleeve. When someone would come into my office in the morning and ask me how I was I'd always go, 'I'm great! I'm great!' But I wasn't great."
Also not great? Not being able to marry his longtime partner Richard Buckley…
"A few weeks ago, Richard had to go into the hospital for something, and I had to carry around all these legal documents saying I could make medical decisions for him," Ford recalls. "It was insane."
Ford doesn't care if it's called marriage or civil partnerships. "Call it what you like—it's the rights that are important," he says. "Getting hung up on the semantics derails the cause we're all fighting for."
On a much lighter note, Ford, who makes his feature film directorial debut next month with A Single Man starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, is a cheerleader for Botox.
"Usually I'm not even able to frown, but my last injections are wearing off a bit and I am able to frown right now," he confesses. "I'd never get a full face-lift, though. Face-lifts on men are a disaster. But I'm a firm believer in Botox and Restylane. Absolutely. Why not?"
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We wonder what the couture maven would say about the stars in our Fashion Police photo gallery.