About Michael Kors

Michael Kors

Michael Kors (born 1959) is an American fashion designer. Kors was born in Long Island, New York and attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
In 1981, Kors launched the Michael Kors women's wear line at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. In 2002, the menswear line was launched.

In contrast to the more upscale Michael Kors line, the MICHAEL by Michael Kors line was launched in 2004. MICHAEL, though still considered upscale, is more reasonably priced and available to the public. The line is sold in mid-end department stores such as Dillard's, Famous-Barr and Macy's and offers the Kors style at a lower price. The line includes women's handbags and both a women's and men's ready-to-wear line.
Among the celebrities who have worn Michael Kors' designs are Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Joan Allen.

The openly gay designer is a judge on the reality television program Project Runway.
He is half Jewish.

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