In keeping with my pre NYFW series, today is all about one
of the torch bearers of American Fashion.
Today’s subject found his way to me via a series of
serendipitous events which has reminded me of the power of the written word as
well that of the internet in our daily lives.
That being said, Michael Kors is a ubiquitous presence in
our lives whether we open a magazine, watch TV, stroll the toniest shopping
streets around the world or amble through any department store. For those of us who have been around longer
than last season, so to speak, Michael can sort of be summed up as an amalgam of Ralph
Lauren, Halston, Zoran, Beene, Norell, Blass, Ellis and many of Seventh Avenue’s greatest and most
memorable designers; in simpler terms he is a result of what made New York a
fashion power house. In a way he is extremely old school, and I say that in the
most complimentary way and think that so many new designers could use a healthy
dose of what was as opposed to the
distorted vision they have of what it should
be!
Where let’s say, Ralph Lauren sold us the wasp lifestyle, Michael Kors transports
the consumer to a time and ideal of a 21st century jet setter
lifestyle … slick, chic, soigne and cosmopolitan. He is an all American kind of
guy who is a born and bred New Yorker whose legacy will be felt for years to
come.
Let’s get inside the mind of Michael Kors!
ONE OF THEM IS THE CARTIER TANK
WATCH I BOUGHT MYSELF WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I SPENT ALL THE MONEY I HAD
SAVED UP DOING CARICATURES AT SWEET SIXTEENS AND BAT MITZVAHS. BUT IT WAS WORTH
IT. IT CHANGED EVERYTHING I WORE, HOW I FELT ABOUT MYSELF AND HOW OTHER
PEOPLE SAW
What is your most sterling trait and what trait do you treasure most in
your friendships?
LOYALTY. LEO’S ARE VERY LOYAL -
MANY OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE ARE LEO’S.
What is your bliss?
ICED TEA AND A BEACH
What is your guilty secret?
TABLOID TV
Where is your ideal home?
ON A PRIVATE ISLAND FILLED WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY
If you could not be a designer/retailer/etc.: what would you
be
A BROADWAY PRODUCER
What is on your bedside table right now?
DIANA VREELAND MEMOS: THE VOGUE YEARS
What do you wear to bed?
BLACK MICHAEL KORS BRIEFS
What if any, book are you reading now or last read?
A STORY
LATELY TOLD BY ANJELICA HUSTON
What’s your advice to the "newcomer?"
STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF AND YOUR
VISION.
Who or what is your inspiration/style icon?
MY PERSONAL STYLE ICON IS STEVE
MCQUEEN. MY DESIGN STYLE ICON IS A MIX OF EVERYONE FROM JACKIE O. TO LAUREN
HUTTON TO MY MOTHER.
What is the best advice you ever received?
STAY TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE - PEOPLE
WON’T TRUST YOU IF YOU AREN’T AUTHENTIC.
In 3 words or less, describe the current state of fashion.
DEMOCRATIC AND FAST
If you won a $200,000,000 power ball (lottery), what is the
first thing you would buy or do?
I’D DONATE IT TO WORLD FOOD
PROGRAMME OR GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER
If you could invite up to 4 people for dinner, who would they be…dead
or alive?
JACKIE ONASSIS, ANDY
WARHOL, LUCILLE BALL AND MADONNA - ALL LEO’S!
What is your favorite movie /or movie star?
I COULD WATCH FUNNY FACE WITH AUDREY HEPBURN A
MILLION TIMES.
Whose opinion do you value most and why?
MY CUSTOMERS,
BECAUSE THEIRS IS THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST.
What store or which designer do you most like to shop in or wear?
I MOSTLY SHOP
WHEN I TRAVEL; I LOVE THINGS THAT HAVE A STORY.
What’s your take on magazines, books versus the internet?
PRINT ALL THE WAY.
Do
you have a dream collaborator?
I WOULD’VE LOVED TO WORK
WITH HALSTON.
What is your crowning achievement thus far in your career?
I’VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. EVERY
AWARD IS UNIQUE IN ITS OWN WAY, FROM BEING AN INFLUENCER ON THE TIME 100 LIST
TO RECEIVING THE GOLDEN HEART AWARD FROM GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER. THEY ALL MEAN
SOMETHING TO ME.
What’s your music library like?
IT’S GOT A HUGE RANGE. EVERYONE
FROM COLDPLAY TO CHER TO FRANK SINATRA.
What and where is your favorite meal?
A CHEESEBURGER FROM JG MELON
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