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A leather jacket for the AI age

A black Tom Ford leather jacket worn and signed by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has sold at a New York auction for $960,000, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of $40,000 to $60,000.The jacket, from Tom Ford’s Spring-Summer 2023 collection, was worn by... Free Content

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