Ford has been included in several best-dressed lists, such as International Best Dressed List, "The Guardian"s "The 50 best-dressed over-50s", and "British GQ"s "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015". He was featured on the cover of the 2011 spring/summer issue of "Another Man", giving his opinion on what makes the modern day gentleman. He has been called a "fashion icon" and a "style icon", and he was included in "All-"TIME" 100 Fashion Icons" list. He won many awards including several VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards and Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards. In 2014, the CFDA awarded him the Geoffery Beene Lifetime Achievement Award.