Tom Ford’s Cadeaux

The images of Tom Ford’s controversial, probably-had-something-to-do-with-Carine-Roitfeld’s-resignation fashion editorial in the December-January edition of Vogue Paris, featuring tiny children in heavy makeup and a truckload of couture, are out.
Some have expressed outrage, while some have expressed delight over the creativity and styling of the spreads. We deconstruct the possible reasons that this is being generally thought of as a bad thing, and imagine a rebuttal of every negative assertion pertaining to the fashion editorial.