Michael Kors
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| Born |
Karl Anderson, Jr. August 9, 1959 Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Net worth | US$ 1 billion (Forbes, 2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Lance Le Pere (m. 2011) |
| Parent(s) | Joan Hamburger Karl Anderson, Sr. |
| Awards |
1999 CFDA award for womenswear designer of the year 2003 CFDA award for menswear designer of the year |
| Website | MichaelKors |
1999 CFDA award for womenswear designer of the year
Michael Kors (born Karl Anderson, Jr.; August 9, 1959) is a New York City-based American sportswear fashion designer. He is the honorary chairman and chief creative officer for his company, Michael Kors Holdings Limited (: KORS), which sells men's and women's and ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear and fragrance. Kors was the first women’s ready-to-wear designer for the French house Celine, from 1997 to 2003.
Kors was born Karl Anderson, Jr. on Long Island, New York, the son of Joan Hamburg, a former model, and her first husband, Karl Anderson, Sr, a college student. His mother remarried Bill Kors when he was five, and his surname was changed to Kors. His mother told him that he could choose a new first name as well; subsequently he renamed himself Michael David Kors. grew up in Merrick, New York and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York. Kors' mother is Jewish and his father was of Swedish descent. Kors married his partner, Lance Le Pere, on August 16, 2011, in Southampton, New York.
Kors' affinity for fashion started when he was very young. His mother thought his affinity might have been caused in part by his exposure to the apparel industry through her modeling career. Michael, at the age of five, even redesigned his mother's wedding dress for her second marriage. As a teen, Kors began designing clothes and selling them out of his parents' basement, which he renamed the Iron Butterfly. Kors also took acting lessons when he was young, but stopped when he was 14 when he decided to focus on becoming a fashion designer.
In 1977, he enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. However, he dropped out after only nine months and took a job at a boutique across from Bergdorf Goodman on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, where he was given a small space to sell his designs. Shortly after, Dawn Mello, the fashion director at Bergdorf, discovered Kors. She asked if he would show his collection to Bergdorf Goodman's buyers and he has had his collection ever since.
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