For the people in northeast India, see Konyak.

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Cognac
Town hall
Cognac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Cognac
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Mayor	Michel Gourinchas (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	5–53 m (16–174 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
Land area1	15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Population2	19,066  (2008)
- Density	1,230 /km2 (3,200 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16102/ 16100
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 45°41′45″N 0°19′45″W / 45.6958°N 0.3292°W / 45.6958; -0.3292

Cognac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Geography[link]

Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The majority of the town has been built on the river's left bank, with the smaller right bank area known as the Saint Jacques district. The town is situated on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostella. The town is also home to the French Air Force training base 709. Cognac is 400 kilometres (250 mi) southwest of Paris.

History[link]

Unknown prior to the 9th century, the town was subsequently fortified. During the Hundred Years' War, the town changed sides on several occasions as the result of fighting and treaties in the region.

Francis I granted the town the right to trade salt along the river, guaranteeing strong commercial success, which in turn led to the town's development as a centre of wine and later brandy.

Population[link]

The inhabitants of the town are known as Cognaçais.

Sights[link]

• The Old Town. The town's medieval quarter "Vieux Cognac" runs from the Tours Saint-Jacques, alongside the river, up to the Saint-Léger church. The area contains many unusual buildings, built between the 15th and 18th centuries, situated on narrow cobbled streets. Many contain sculptures of the salamander, the symbol of King François I, as well as gargoyles and richly decorated façades.
• The Château des Valois, an important medieval trading post.
• The Saint-Léger church. [Church Exterior:,^[1][2]
• The musée d'Art et d'Histoire (art and history museum)
• The musée des arts du Cognac (art museum)
• The Saint-Gobain glassworks and barrelworks
• Cognac Public Garden

The area also contains many Romanesque churches as well as several châteaux.

Cognac[link]

The town gives its name to one of the world's best-known types of brandy or eau de vie. Drinks must be made in certain areas around the town of Cognac and must be made according to strictly-defined regulations to be granted the name Cognac.

Cognac is a unique spirit in that it is double-distilled. This process can be viewed in one of the many "Grande Marque" Cognac houses which all have visitor centres. Most central in the town are Hennessy, Martell, Otard, Camus and Remy Martin. About 15 km (9.32 mi) East of Cognac is Jarnac, home to Courvoisier.

There are six vineyard areas around the Cognac area, all of which are within the Appellation Controlee for Cognac, but which are considered to vary in quality from the best growth area of "Grande Champagne" (nothing to do with the Champagne wine region in NE France), through "Petite Champagne" then "Borderies", "Fine Bois", "Bon Bois" and finally "Bois Ordinaire". The best Cognacs are generally only made using Grande and Petite Champagne grapes, but all Cognac is produced by blending a variety of "Eau de Vie" which can be made from grapes from different locations, and from different vintages. It is the Cellar master's skill that ensures that a brand's Cognac is recognisable regardless of when it is produced since he can blend multiple eaux de vie to achieve the right taste for his house.

Different qualities of Cognac are produced by all brands, and include VS ("Very Special"); VSOP ("Very Superior [or, more commonly, "Special", though the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac specifies "Superior"] Old Pale") and XO ("eXtra Old"). (English terms are still used, since in the early days of Cognac production it was the British and Irish who were the main consumers and also became some of the main producers of Cognac, using techniques acquired from the distillation of whisky, etc.) These are controlled by the length of time the Cognac is allowed to mature in oak barrels, a minimum time being required at each grade level. The longer the Cognac matures in the barrel the smoother it will generally become. Once it is bottled no further development takes place. Most houses still have barrels of Cognac dating back to the 19th century sitting in their cellars waiting for fine blending by the Cellar Master.

Personalities[link]

• Francis I (king of France between 1515 and 1547) was born in the town's castle in 1494. The town's main square is named after him and a statue of the king on horseback towering over his enemies stands at the centre.
• The French poet Octavien de Saint-Gelais was born in Cognac in 1468.
• Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, born in Cognac in 1838 discovered the elements Gallium in 1875 and Samarium in 1878.
• Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the European Union was born in Cognac in 1888.
• The car manufacturer Louis Delâge was born in Cognac in 1874.
• The glassmaker Claude Boucher, inventor of the glass-blowing machine in around 1880, lived and worked in Cognac.
• The French adult film star and model François Sagat was born in Cognac.

Sport[link]

• US Cognac is the city's rugby union team.
• Cognac was the start of Stage 19 in the 2007 Tour de France.

Twin towns—sister cities[link]

Cognac is twinned with:

• Denison, Texas, USA
• Königswinter, Germany
• Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Valdepeñas, Spain

Gallery[link]

See also[link]

• Communes of the Charente department

References[link]

• INSEE

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cognac

Wikisource has the text of the 1879 American Cyclopædia article Cognac.

• (English) Official website

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Jay Adams (born February 3, 1961) is an American skateboarder most prominently known as one of the original members of Z-Boys skateboarding team. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.

Career[link]

He was born in Venice, California. As a teenager in 1975, he was a member of the original Zephyr skateboard team and of the Zephyr surf team along with Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta.

According to Bones Brigade founder Stacy Peralta, Adams "may not be the greatest skater of all time, but I can say without fear of being wrong that he is clearly the archetype of modern-day skateboarding."^[1] Craig Stecyk dubbed Adams "the original seed."^[2]

In popular culture[link]

Adams is featured prominently in the award winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys and in the 2005 dramatized film account of the Z-Boys origins, Lords of Dogtown. In the movie, he was played by Emile Hirsch, who was praised by critics for his portrayal of the original Z-Boy.

Legal problems[link]

Adams has been in and out of prisons as he struggled with drug addiction.^[3] He was charged with murder, and convicted of assault, following a gay bashing that he instigated in Los Angeles.^[4] He served two-and-a-half years of a four year sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon, after being caught on a wiretap acting as a go-between for a buyer and seller of crystal methamphetamine. He was released to a halfway house on July 8, 2008 for the remainder of his sentence.^[3]

Personal life[link]

He was married to Alisha Adams, with whom he has a daughter, Venice. He also has a son Seven, from Samantha Baglioni.^[3] He was recently remarried in Honolulu to Tracy Adams.

Further reading[link]

• DOGTOWN-The Legend of the Z-Boys, C.R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman, Burning Flags Press, 2000, ISBN 0-9641916-4-4
• JAY-BOY - Classic photographs by Jay Adams stepfather, Kent Sherwood, Concrete Wave Editions, 2006, ISBN 0-9735286-6-4 *[1]
• Scarred for Life - Eleven Stories About Skateboarders by Keith Hamm, Chronicle Books, 2004, ISBN 0-8118-4053-0

References[link]

Tom Ford
Tom Ford, September 2009
Born	(1961-08-27) August 27, 1961 (age 50)[1] Austin, Texas
Education	Parsons The New School for Design
Occupation	Fashion designer, film director
Labels	Cathy Hardwick, Perry Ellis, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford

Thomas Carlyle "Tom" Ford (born August 27, 1961)^[2] is an American fashion designer and film director. He gained international fame for his turnaround of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford label before directing the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man.

Early life (1961–1986)[link]

Tom Ford was born August 27, 1961 in Austin, Texas, to realtors Tom Ford and Shirley Burton.^[3][4] He spent his early life in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, and in San Marcos, outside Austin; his family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he was 11.^[5] In Santa Fe, he entered St. Michael's High School and later moved to Santa Fe Preparatory School, from which he graduated in 1979.^[6] Ford left Santa Fe at age 16, when he enrolled at Bard College at Simon's Rock, but quickly dropped out.^{[citation needed]} He then moved to New York City to study art history at New York University.^[7][8]

Ford dropped out of NYU after only a year, preferring to concentrate on acting in television commercials; at one time, he was in 12 national advertising campaigns simultaneously.^[4][7][9] Ford then began studying interior architecture at The New School's famous art and design college, Parsons The New School for Design.^[10] During his time in New York, Ford became a fixture at the legendary nightclub Studio 54, where he realized he was gay.^[11][12] The club's disco-era glamor would be a major influence on his later designs.^[13][14] Before his last year at New School, Ford spent a year and a half in Paris, where he worked as an intern in Chloé's press office.^[15][16] Though his work primarily involved sending clothes out on photo shoots, it triggered his love of fashion.^[16][17] He spent his final year at The New School studying fashion, but nonetheless graduated with a degree in architecture.^[16][17]

Early career (1986–1994)[link]

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When interviewing for jobs after graduation, he said that he had attended The New School's Parsons division, but concealed that he graduated in architecture and that his work at Chloe was a low-level public relations position. Despite his lack of experience, Ford called American designer Cathy Hardwick every day for a month in hopes of securing a job at her mid-price sportswear company. Eventually, she agreed to see him. Hardwick later recalled the incident: "I had every intention of giving him no hope. I asked him who his favorite European designers were. He said, 'Armani and Chanel.' Months later I asked him why he said that, and he said, 'Because you were wearing something Armani'. Is it any wonder he got the job?" Ford worked as a design assistant for Hardwick for two years.

In 1988, Ford moved to Perry Ellis, where he knew both Robert McDonald, the company's president, and Marc Jacobs, its designer, socially. He stayed at the company for two years, but grew tired of working in American fashion. In a later interview with the New York Times, he commented, "If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It's looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style." Ford would soon have the opportunity to enter the world of European fashion: Gucci, a faltering luxury goods company, was seeking to strengthen its women's ready-to-wear presence as a part of its brand overhaul. At the time, "no one would dream of wearing Gucci," said Dawn Mello, then the company's creative director. Mello hired Ford—then a near-unknown—as the brand's chief women's ready-to-wear designer in 1990. "I was talking to a lot of people, and most didn't want the job," Mello said. "For an American designer to move to Italy to join a company that was far from being a brand would have been pretty risky." Ford and his longtime partner, fashion journalist Richard Buckley, relocated to Milan that September.

Ford's role at Gucci rapidly expanded: he was designing menswear within six months, and shoes soon after that. When Richard Lambertson left as design director in 1992, Ford took over his position, heading the brand's ready-to-wear, fragrances, image, advertising, and store design. In 1993, when he was in charge of designing eleven product lines, Ford worked eighteen-hour days. During these years, there were creative tensions between Ford and Maurizio Gucci, the company's chairman and 50% owner. According to Mello, "Maurizio always wanted everything to be round and brown, and Tom wanted to make it square and black." Though Maurizio Gucci wanted to fire Ford, Domenico de Sole insisted that he remain. Nonetheless, Ford's work during the early 1990s was primarily behind the scenes; his contributions to Gucci were overshadowed by those of Mello, who was the company's public face.

Gucci and YSL creative director (1994–2004)[link]

In 1994, Ford was promoted to creative director. In his first year at the helm, he was credited with putting the glamour back into fashion introducing Halston-style velvet hipsters, skinny satin shirts and car-finish metallic patent boots. In 1995, he brought in French stylist Carine Roitfeld and photographer Mario Testino to create a series of new, modern ad campaigns for the company. Between 1995 and 1996, sales at Gucci increased by 90%. On the strength of Ford's collections, Gucci went public in October 1995 with an IPO of $22 per share, followed by an additional global offering in March 1996 at $48 per share and a third offering in 1999 at $75 per share. In early 1999, luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, headed by Bernard Arnault, increased its shareholdings in Gucci with a view to takeover. Domenico de Sole reacted by issuing new shares of stock in an effort to dilute the value of Arnault's holdings. Ford and De Sole also approached French holding company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) about the possibility of forming a strategic alliance. François Pinault, the company’s founder, agreed to the idea and purchased 37 million shares in the company, or a 40% stake. Arnault’s share was diluted to 20%. At one point, Ford was the largest individual shareholder of Gucci stock and options.

By 1999, the house, which had been almost bankrupt when Ford joined, was valued at about $4.3 billion. When Ford left in 2004, Gucci Group was valued at $10 billion.

When Gucci acquired the house of Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), Ford was named the creative director of that label as well. During his time as Creative Director for YSL, Ford won numerous Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards. Like his work at Gucci, Ford was able to catapult the classic fashion house back into the mainstream. His advertising campaigns for the YSL fragrances Opium (with a red-haired Sophie Dahl completely naked wearing only a necklace and stiletto heels in a sexually suggestive pose) and YSL M7 (with martial arts champion Samuel de Cubber in complete full-frontal nudity) have been famous and provocative by pushing fragrance ads to a new level of creativity in artistic expression and commercial impact.

In April 2004, Ford parted ways with the Gucci group after he and CEO Domenico de Sole, who is credited as Ford's partner in Gucci's success, failed to agree with PPR bosses over artistic control of the Group.

Tom Ford (2004–present)[link]

Tom Ford boutique in The Crystals (Las Vegas)

In March 2011, Ford was featured as the cover star of the bi-annual publication AnOther Man, the fraternal counterpart to Another Magazine, giving his opinion on what makes the modern day gentleman. He was interviewed by the magazine's founder Jefferson Hack for the featured article.^[18]

Career as a film director[link]

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In March 2005, Ford announced the opening of his film production company, FADE TO BLACK. In 2009, Ford made his film directorial debut with A Single Man, which was based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. The film stars Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult and Matthew Goode. The screenplay was adapted by Ford and David Scearce. Ford also produced the film, which premiered on September 11, 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Lion. Colin Firth, who plays the protagonist George, was awarded the Volpi Cup as Best Actor for his performance and was also nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Julianne Moore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Abel Korzeniowski for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes. Tom Ford was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards in 2009 including Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.

Personal life[link]

Tom Ford is openly gay, and he and his partner, journalist Richard Buckley, have been together since 1986.^[19] Buckley was the former Editor in Chief of Vogue Hommes International. Buckley was diagnosed with cancer in 1989 and after his recovery the two moved from New York to Italy.^[20]

The couple has owned three smooth fox terriers. Their first dog, named John, lived 14 years with Ford and Buckley, and appeared on the runway and in some photos with Ford. Currently, they own Angus and India, who are six and four years old, respectively. These smooth fox terriers appeared in Ford's movie A Single Man.^[20]

Awards and nominations[link]

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Ford has been recognized by important design and cultural councils worldwide including the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum and TIME.

• 1995: International Award – Council of Fashion Designers of America
• 1997: People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
• 1999: Style Icon Award – Elle Style Awards UK
• 2000: Best International Designer – VH1/Vogue Awards
• 2000: Fashion Editors Club of Japan Award
• 2000: British GQ International Man of the Year Award
• 2000: Superstar Award – Fashion Group International
• 2001: Womenswear Designer of the Year – Council of Fashion Designers of America
• 2001: Best Fashion Designer – TIME Magazine
• 2001: Designer of the Year – GQ USA
• 2001: Board of Directors Special Tribute – Council of Fashion Designers of America
• 2002: Accessory Designer of the Year Award for Yves Saint-Laurent – Council of Fashion Designers of America
• 2003: Fashion Design Achievement Award – Cooper Hewitt Design Museum's National Design Awards
• 2004: Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award
• 2004: International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame
• 2005: Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award – Savannah College of Art & Design
• 2006: Accessory Brand Launch – Accessories Council Excellence (ACE) Awards ^[21]
• 2007: GLAAD Media Awards – Victor Russo Award
• 2007: DNR's Person of the Year
• 2008: Menswear Designer of the Year – Council of Fashion Designers of America
• 2009: Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion for A Single Man (Nominee)
• 2009: Venice Film Festival – Queer Lion for A Single Man
• 2009: Critics Choice Awards – Best Adapted Screenplay for A Single Man (Nominee)
• 2009: Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Screenplay for A Single Man (Nominee)
• 2009: Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Feature for A Single Man (Nominee)
• 2009: Honored as one of GQ USA's Men of the Year
• 2009: GQ Germany Man of the Year
• 2010: GLAAD Media Awards – Outstanding Film Wide Release for A Single Man
• 2010: Menswear Designer of the Year – Council of Fashion Designers of America (Nominee)

Further reading[link]

• Tom Ford with Graydon Carter and Anna Wintour. Tom Ford. Thames & Hudson (2004). ISBN 0-500-51197-7.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tom Ford

• Official Tom Ford homepage
• Tom Ford fanpage
• Tom Ford designer profile at Fashion Model Directory
• Tom Ford at the Internet Movie Database