Fashion career profile
Michael Kors
Michael Kors is an American fashion designer and the founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Michael Kors house. He studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology before launching his label in 1981, developing an American luxury vocabulary around sportswear, travel and polished practicality. Kors led the brand through its public-company expansion and the formation of the group now called Capri Holdings. He remains responsible for creative direction while brand-level chief executives manage operations. The directory therefore distinguishes his continuous founder and creative tenure from Joshua Schulman's, Cedric Wilmotte's and John Idol's executive appointments. It also separates Michael Kors brand performance from Capri's consolidated results and from Jimmy Choo, the group's other current fashion house. The current CCO title is supported by Capri's official leadership announcements rather than inferred from the founder's name.
- Role
- Chief Creative Officer, Michael Kors
- Nationality
- American
- Age
- 67
- Career appointments
- 2
- Fashion houses
- 2
- Celine — Creative Director of Ready-to-Wear1997–2003 · former
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- 1981–Present — Founder and Chief Creative Officer — Michael KorsCurrent appointment · Capri Holdings
- 1997–2004 — Creative Director — CELINEHistorical appointment · Vogue