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Associated Press
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Michael Kors takes it easy with new collection at New York Fashion Week
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kors created a runway that evoked his own living room to set the tone for his new Fall/Winter collection for New York Fashion Week, which focused on comfort and movement. 'It's about the idea of ease, which we Americans invented. The world dresses this way, but what I like is that it has glamour,' Kors told The Associated Press backstage before the show. The designer says he looked at old photos of icons like Lauren Hutton back in the 70s, and Zoe Kravitz on the street today to find the essence of the collection. 'There's this relaxed ease to how they look that I think is modern,' Kors said. 'It's also about layering things in a very cool way. So it could be… a silk dress, but grab your husband's coat or his jacket and throw it on. It's about stride. I like when clothes move when you walk. That's what's sexy, not being naked.' Notable looks from Kors' fall/winter collection Models let the clothes do the talking with very minimal makeup and loose, natural hair as they marched down an extended two-aisled runway. The show opened with softly tailored menswear jackets paired with long flowing skirts or slouchy suit pants. For a modern twist on layering for the fall, the show featured bikini bra tops under oversized blazers — either alone or with long blouses layering in between. 'Delicious oversized, cardigan blazers and coats with these very sort of filmy, soft dresses. This show is anti-corset, anti-Spanx, anti-bustier. It's that comfort and ease,' Kors said. Kors also heightened the show with touches of glamour in elegant dresses and jackets with swaths of sparkling sequins. Black was a dominant color, with some grey, grey tweed and a few neutral colors including chocolate, green and deep purple. One standout material was long haired shearling-- in surprising colors like dusty mauve and celadon-- shown on a peacoat, a vest, several purses and even a pair of flat shoes. Kors has always said every woman needs a great coat and he had plenty of options from leather trench coats belted tightly at the waist, to leather hipster jackets in several shapes, to one traditional trench-style, covered in liquid sequins which glistened in the light. There were cozy looks too, like long thick turtleneck sweaters – part of Kors' 'neo-classic knitwear.' Extending the casual, comfortable style to the setting, Kors and his team transformed a giant, high-ceilinged space at New York's Terminal Warehouse to look like his home, with exposed brick and wood accents, and even art and houseware pieces punctuating the end of each runway bench. Japanese paper lanterns hung from the vaulted ceilings adding to what Kors called his 'warm modernism.' Stars at the Kors show Celebrities flock to Kors shows and despite frigid New York temperatures, stars including Uma Thurman, Kerry Washington, Suki Waterhouse, Rose Byrne, Lea Michele, Cristin Milioti, and Rachel Zegler huddled together in the front row. Actor and reality star Lisa Rinna brought her daughter, Delilah Belle Hamlin, to watch her other daughter, Amelia Gray Hamlin, walk the runway. 'I can't stop singing my praises about it,' gushed actor-singer Suki Waterhouse, who called the show 'absolutely stunning.' 'Those drama-crazy hats, scarves that look like blankets. It was everything it needed to be.' Byrne said the clothes were 'gorgeous' and so wearable. '(I'm) obsessed with the oversized suits already. The classic big coats, the beautiful chic dresses. Classic Michael Kors, he always delivers.'
The Independent
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Michael Kors takes it easy with new collection at New York Fashion Week
Michael Kors created a runway that evoked his own living room to set the tone for his new Fall/Winter collection for New York Fashion Week, which focused on comfort and movement. 'It's about the idea of ease, which we Americans invented. The world dresses this way, but what I like is that it has glamour,' Kors told The Associated Press backstage before the show. The designer says he looked at old photos of icons like Lauren Hutton back in the 70s, and Zoe Kravitz on the street today to find the essence of the collection. 'There's this relaxed ease to how they look that I think is modern,' Kors said. 'It's also about layering things in a very cool way. So it could be… a silk dress, but grab your husband's coat or his jacket and throw it on. It's about stride. I like when clothes move when you walk. That's what's sexy, not being naked.' Notable looks from Kors' fall/winter collection Models let the clothes do the talking with very minimal makeup and loose, natural hair as they marched down an extended two-aisled runway. The show opened with softly tailored menswear jackets paired with long flowing skirts or slouchy suit pants. For a modern twist on layering for the fall, the show featured bikini bra tops under oversized blazers — either alone or with long blouses layering in between. 'Delicious oversized, cardigan blazers and coats with these very sort of filmy, soft dresses. This show is anti-corset, anti-Spanx, anti-bustier. It's that comfort and ease,' Kors said. Kors also heightened the show with touches of glamour in elegant dresses and jackets with swaths of sparkling sequins. Black was a dominant color, with some grey, grey tweed and a few neutral colors including chocolate, green and deep purple. One standout material was long haired shearling-- in surprising colors like dusty mauve and celadon-- shown on a peacoat, a vest, several purses and even a pair of flat shoes. Kors has always said every woman needs a great coat and he had plenty of options from leather trench coats belted tightly at the waist, to leather hipster jackets in several shapes, to one traditional trench-style, covered in liquid sequins which glistened in the light. There were cozy looks too, like long thick turtleneck sweaters – part of Kors' 'neo-classic knitwear.' Extending the casual, comfortable style to the setting, Kors and his team transformed a giant, high-ceilinged space at New York's Terminal Warehouse to look like his home, with exposed brick and wood accents, and even art and houseware pieces punctuating the end of each runway bench. Japanese paper lanterns hung from the vaulted ceilings adding to what Kors called his 'warm modernism.' Stars at the Kors show Celebrities flock to Kors shows and despite frigid New York temperatures, stars including Uma Thurman, Kerry Washington, Suki Waterhouse, Rose Byrne, Lea Michele, Cristin Milioti, and Rachel Zegler huddled together in the front row. Actor and reality star Lisa Rinna brought her daughter, Delilah Belle Hamlin, to watch her other daughter, Amelia Gray Hamlin, walk the runway. 'I can't stop singing my praises about it,' gushed actor-singer Suki Waterhouse, who called the show 'absolutely stunning.' 'Those drama-crazy hats, scarves that look like blankets. It was everything it needed to be.' Byrne said the clothes were 'gorgeous' and so wearable. '(I'm) obsessed with the oversized suits already. The classic big coats, the beautiful chic dresses. Classic Michael Kors, he always delivers."
The Guardian
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Being ridiculous is not sexy': Michael Kors wants to restore some sanity to the red carpet
One celebrity who was very much not on Michael Kors' moodboard for his New York fashion week show was Bianca Censori, who recently caused uproar with a near-naked appearance at the Grammys with her husband, Kanye West. 'I'm not going to mention names,' said the designer, while making the reference quite clear. 'Something we saw on the red carpet recently – that's not sexy. Being ridiculous isn't sexy.' Kors, who used to love a revealing gown, says naked dressing 'is boring now. I grew up infatuated with Cher. I would be waiting to see what she wore, how naked she could be, how amazing she could look'. Only last year he dressed the country singer Kelsea Ballerini for the Met Gala in a daring nude mesh gown embroidered with strategic silk rose buds, inspired by the scene in the film American Beauty in which Mena Suvari lies in a bathtub, covered only by petals. But 2025 'is crazy enough already', he said before his show. 'Every five minutes there's a news alert. When the world is this crazy, you need to feel confident and comfortable. What has happened in LA is apocalyptic, and the idea of stepping on to a red carpet in a crazy gown just now feels out of step.' Fashion has gotten 'preposterous', he added. 'Everyone wears too much make up and has too much hair. We need to calm down.' Those who did make it on to Kors' moodboard: Uma Thurman in the 1990s in an oversized black coat, Sharon Stone in a mannish check blazer in 2000, Lauren Hutton in a trenchcoat in the 1970s. On the catwalk, this spirit was channelled into loose dresses with trailing ties – 'my woman lives in the city, her clothes should have movement when she walks. A little something to catch the wind' – and evening blazers in bias-cut black silk. No boning, no corsets, no stilettos. 'There's not a tight dress in the whole collection,' Kors noted. 'That feels like a costume from another time.' Kors is a vocal and high-profile Democrat, who contributed more than $300,000 (£241,000) to Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. But asked for his thoughts on Melania Trump, who often wears his label, he rowed back to neutrality. He was careful to make it clear that the first lady buys his clothes, rather than being given or loaned them. 'She has shopped in our store on Madison Avenue for many years. I often see her wearing pieces she has owned for a long time,' he said. 'Listen, the reality is, you are talking about a woman who wears clothes well.' Minimalism is not to Kors' taste. 'I like beautiful lines, but with warmth. I like clothes that look delicious,' he said. Looks were drenched in single shades of aubergine, chocolate brown and bottle green. His customers have an urban palette, Kors believes, and while they say they want to wear colour, they don't shell out for anything that strays too far from black. The mood was high-end comfort dressing: coats with shearling-lined pockets for warmth, soft leather boots that slouched and wrinkled just so, instead of shiny riding boot styles. Kors, a beloved character in the Manhattan fashion world, took his catwalk bow to rapturous applause as always. But his brand is in trouble, suffering a 12% decline in sales last quarter. The Capri conglomerate which owns Michael Kors has been left stranded after an attempted merger with the larger Tapestry group, owner of Coach, was blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission in November. The merger would have created an American luxury conglomerate able to compete with the European giants, putting Kors on a surer footing. Without the merger, the future looks uncertain. John Idol, Capri CEO, acknowledged that prices would have to come down, suggesting that they could fall by up to 40% this year.
