Michael Kors

Michael D. Kors (born 1959) is an American fashion designer. Kors was born on Long Island, New York and is half Jewish. His mother is Joan Krystosek Kors, a former Revlon model. more...

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Michael Kors is renowned for his classic, chic, and luxurious but sensible aesthetic on American sportswear. One critic said, \"His clothes have never lost that clarity, that versatility, that American, self-possessed, no-brainer chic. His clothes for women...are cut with enough care to become more than basic. In his able hands, what are essentially staples become classics...\" Indeed, in a 1996 review, The New York Times fashion critic Amy Spindler said of Kors: \"Michael Kors is a designer with so much integrity in his work that it is wonderful when fashion comes back to the sort of simple, beautiful clothes he does so well.\"

Michael Kors began designing clothes at the age of 19 and studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In 1981, Kors launched the Michael Kors womenswear line at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. When Kors was discouraged that he could never find a well-cut pair of gray pants and a good cashmere sweater, he treaded into the menswear category. Later, in his 1998 fall collection, Kors dressed male models to interact with the female models. From there, Michael used his womenswear factories to create a trial menswear line and sold it at Bergdorf Goodman and his boutique. It was a hit. In 2002, the menswear line was officially launched. It is said that Michael takes inspiration from his line from the motion picture, Downhill Racer. The menswear line includes sweaters, tailored pants, and peacoats.

In 1997, Michael Kors was named the first ever women's ready-to-wear designer and creative director for the French fashion house Celine. In his tenure at Celine, Kors turned the fashion house around with blockbuster accessories and ready-to-wear. Kors left in October of 2003 to concentrate on his own brand.

Recently, the Michael Kors brand has begun expanding. In addition to the Micheal Kors runway collection, the MICHAEL Michael Kors and KORS Michael Kors lines were launched in 2004. MICHAEL, though still considered upscale, is more reasonably priced and available to the public. The line is sold in department stores such as Nordstroms, Neiman Marcus and Macy's. KORS is also sold in similar department stores and is considered the mid-tier line, between the runway and MICHAEL collections. The MICHAEL line includes women's handbags and both women's and men's ready-to-wear line. The KORS line also includes footwear. In addition, Kors also created a fragrance for women in 2000 and a fragrance for men in 2001.

Michael Kors was awarded the Elle/Cadillac Fashion Award for Excellence in 1995. In addition, he has won two CFDA awards, the most prestigious award in the fashion industry. In 1999, he recieved the CFDA award for womenswear designer of the year and in 2003, he received the CFDA award for menswear designer of the year. In fact, many promising new American fashion designers who have emerged lately have worked for Kors. Derek Lam (2005 CFDA award nominee for the Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear for emerging talent) worked for over 12 years as head designer at Michael Kors, later concentrating on the KORS Michael Kors line. In addition, Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler (2006 CFDA award nominee for womenswear of the year) interned at Michael Kors at the recommendation of Vogue fashion editor Anna Wintour.

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