American fashion designer Tom Ford has opened up about his life without his husband, Richard Buckley, who died in September at the age of 72. Ford said in a recent interview that it has been hard for him to adjust without Buckley.

“It’s been hard after 35 years, very hard. I keep thinking, ‘Oh, God, I have to call Richard,’ or I need to send him a note about this. And he’s not here,” the 60-year-old told WSJ in an interview. 

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During the interview, Ford spoke about his new morning routine with their 9-year-old son, Jack.

“Until recently, I had Richard to help me out in the mornings. It’s been a little bit of a struggle the last month because he would normally get [Jack’s] breakfast on school days while I was getting dressed. I’ve gotten pretty good at it.”

“But it’s a challenge to get him up, dressed, get his lunch made, get his lunch packed, get his breakfast done, get all my things done, and then I drive him to school at 7:45. But it also means I’m at my office by 8:10, so I get a good start to the day,” he explained.

Buckley was a renowned fashion editor and journalist who started his career at New York Magazine in 1979. He went on to work for publications like Women’s Wear Daily and Vanity Fair.  He “died of natural causes after a long illness” in September.

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In an interview in 2016, Ford had spoken about meeting Buckley for the first time at a fashion show in 1986.

“Our eyes locked and within a month we were living together. We have been together ever since,” he said, adding that they were on an elevator and he instantly knew Buckley was “the one.”

“By the time that elevator landed on the ground floor I thought, ‘You’re the one.’ That’s it. Click. Sold. It was literally love at first sight,” Ford had said.