|
CHRONOLOGY Exhibition Michael
Kors Designs from the Wendy Zuckerwise Ritter Collection |
| 1959
Born Karl Anderson, Jr. on August 9 in Merrick, Long Island, New York.1 Son of Karl Anderson and former Revlon model Joan Hamburger Anderson Kors Krystosek.2 Becomes Michael David Kors at age 5, when Bill Kors marries his mother who suggests he picks a new first name to go with his new last name.3 1977-1979 1981-1983 1995 1997 1999 2000
2001
2002-2003 2004
2006-2007 |
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(1)
Orla Healy, "Kors' show a knockout Opulence, glitz dominate wardrobes,"
Daily News, February 10, 2000, http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2000/02/10/2000-02-10_kors__show_a_knockout_opulen.html.
Ruth La Ferla, "Michael Kors (but You Knew That)," New
York Times, August 27, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/fashion/28kors.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=&st=nyt.
(2) Wikipedia contributors,
"Michael Kors." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kors
(Accessed February 16, 2009).
Regarding employment as a Revlon model, see: "Michael Kors: What
Women Want," People Magazine, August 7, 2006, http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20061536,00.html.
(3) Elizabeth Sporkin,
"With His Hot New Line, Michael Kors Grabs the Fashion Ladder's
Top Rung," People Magazine, April 8, 1991, http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114852,00.html.
(4) Ursula Forte, Office
of the Registrar, Fashion Institute of Technology, through correspondence
with the Alumni Office, February 10, 2009.
(5) Elizabeth Sporkin,
"With His Hot New Line, Michael Kors Grabs the Fashion Ladder's
Top Rung," People Magazine, April 8, 1991, http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114852,00.html.
(6) Ibid.
(7) For
appointment as "Designer," see http://www.celine.com/en/ (House
of Celine, "The Celine Sage: The History", 90: 1997).
(8) For 1997, see Ruth
La Ferla, "LVMH Sells Its 33% Interest In Michael Kors Sportswear,"
New York Times, January 30, 2003, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EFDD1E39F933A05752C0A9659C8B63.
For 1999, see Michael Kors Inc., Michael Kors Boilerplate and Timeline,
January 2009.
(9) For 1997, "Michael
Kors Biography," The Nieman Marcus Group,
http://michaelkors.com/bio.php (accessed February 13, 2009). For
1998, see Michael Kors Inc., Michael Kors Boilerplate and Timeline,
January 2009.
(10) For "Artistic"
Director, see http://www.celine.com/en/ (House of Celine, "The
Celine Sage: The History", 90: 1997). For "Creative"
Designer, see La Ferla, "LVMH Sells Its 33% Interest In Michael
Kors Sportswear."
(11) "Past Winners,"
Council of Fashion Designers of America, http://www.cfda.com/.
(12) Onward Kashiyama
holds the worldwide license for the Michael Kors secondary line. See
La Ferla, "LVMH Sells Its 33% Interest In Michael Kors Sportswear."
(13) La Ferla, "LVMH
Sells Its 33% Interest In Michael Kors Sportswear."
(14) "Past Winners,"
Council of Fashion Designers of America.
(15) Boyd Davis, "Michael
Kors: An American Success Story," Fashion Windows, 1999,
http://www.fashionwindows.com/fashion_designers/michael_kors/default.asp.
For last collection shown in Paris, see also La Ferla, "LVMH Sells
Its 33% Interest In Michael Kors Sportswear."
(16) La Ferla, "Michael
Kors (but You Knew That)."
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