Michael Kors Quotes & Sayings

I've always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman's outfit. — Michael Kors

I can sketch up a storm, and I'm very involved in how clothes are constructed, but I have a short attention span. — Michael Kors

I'm definitely curious. I love pop culture. I'm glued to it. I can watch garbage TV, but then I can also watch great theater. — Michael Kors

Americans are always a little bit insecure. — Michael Kors

I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now. — Michael Kors

In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over! — Michael Kors

The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise. — Michael Kors

I know what women look good in. I don't think the rules ever change. — Michael Kors

I think to be empathetic is the greatest gift you can have as a designer. Hopefully, people will look at me and say, 'He really loved women.' — Michael Kors

Put on a trench, you're suddenly Audrey Hepburn walking along the Seine. — Michael Kors

There are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing they need to do is to go to a trunk show; they'd go running for the hills. I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it? — Michael Kors

If you want to have longevity, then I think that you have to have a point of view, but at the same time still be elastic. Things evolve, the world changes, but people have to know you for who you are so they know what you stand for. — Michael Kors

Because of what's going on with the economy, I think women are realizing that maybe they don't need a closet full of clothes. They just need the right clothes. — Michael Kors

It's funny when I hear people complain - particularly about the most fabulous parts of being a designer, like when you're getting ready to work on a show. I don't even know that I'm tired. I could stay up for six days straight! No drugs, no coffee, no nothing. I'm just so excited. — Michael Kors

Travel is the ultimate inspiration. — Michael Kors

I think the trick is, how do you spend time doing it but make it look like you haven't spent time doing it? Over the years you look at women like Lauren Hutton and everyone says: 'She just pulled her hair back and ran out of the door.' I've been in fittings with Lauren and she definitely thinks about it. She just knows how to make it look easy. — Michael Kors

When you try on something, you have to ask yourself, 'How many ways could I wear this? Could I wear it to work? To dinner or drinks? Will it span the seasons' If you have to think too hard about those questions, then skip it. — Michael Kors

You need to be curious one way or another as a designer. Your eye has to stay curious. I look at people and think about how they live. I think about bodies. — Michael Kors

I feel unbelievably fortunate. How many people get to do what they always wanted to do and do well with it and continue to be surprised and see amazing places and meet amazing people? — Michael Kors

I wear the same thing every day. I always pack two black jackets, loads of black T-shirts, loads of white jeans. I feel a little fresh and glamorous and graphic. — Michael Kors

No human being should wear tight satin. — Michael Kors

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time. — Michael Kors

When I'm not working I'm a slug - a full slug. I am not good at the in-between. I'm either fever-pitched or want to just pass out on a beach with a really sleazy book and eat a cheeseburger. — Michael Kors

Women are much more comfortable making their own style rules now. They want pieces that will make their busy lives easier. — Michael Kors

The perfect accessory can make the difference between looking blah and totally to die for — Michael Kors

Fashion is like food! Some people like sushi, others think hamburgers are divine! People like different things! — Michael Kors

A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a guy in an off-the-rack suit. — Michael Kors

Every woman should own a shirtdress — Michael Kors

You make sexiness strong by balancing it out: something familiar with something unfamiliar, something masculine with something feminine, something streamlined with something rococo. It's a Yin and Yang. Women are made of layers, your mood shifts, no one is neither one extreme nor the other. — Michael Kors

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish. — Michael Kors

Ultimately, clean lines have greater longevity, which women appreciate, and to which they can add their own personality — Michael Kors

People always think that designers hate each other. And we're certainly a competitive lot, but we also enjoy each other's company. — Michael Kors

Normcore just means divine sportswear. — Michael Kors

Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music. — Michael Kors

My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh. — Michael Kors

I think quality will be increasingly important-we're moving away from a time of fast fashion. But really, the only constant in fashion is that you must keep moving forward, otherwise you'll be left behind. — Michael Kors

Let's be honest - look what Hollywood at 18 is. — Michael Kors

My apartment looks like no one lives in it. — Michael Kors

I can't dance and I can't sing too well. — Michael Kors

North Americans as a whole need to embrace having clothes altered to their body. I hear it all the time: why do the Europeans always look so good? They have a relationship with their tailor and spend the time and money to make their clothes look their best. — Michael Kors

I mean you might have wanted Carrie Bradshaw, but to me she's like toddlers and tiaras gone berserk! — Michael Kors

It's an unbelievably tight race for hideous today. — Michael Kors

China is exciting because it is an extremely curious and interested market. What more can a designer ask for? The client here is bold and willing to try new things, which a country with a long fashion history wouldn't dare. France or England is weighed down by all these rules, elaborate etiquette, do's and don'ts. Things here move incredibly quickly. — Michael Kors

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap. — Michael Kors

I grew up in a family of people who were obsessed with fashion. — Michael Kors

For me, true luxury can be caviar or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule. — Michael Kors

People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!' — Michael Kors

I think a lot of women have too many mini skirts in their closets. — Michael Kors

People shouldn't notice what you're wearing before they
notice you. You want people to register you first. 'Oh, what a nice jacket' should be an afterthought if you're doing it right. — Michael Kors

Seventy per cent of the clothes you own should be meat and potatoes. Thirty per cent should be icing and fluff - that's colour, pattern, shine, accessories. Too many women get the proportions the other way round, then can't figure out why they can't get dressed. — Michael Kors

My personal style icon is Steve McQueen. My design style icon is a mix of everyone from Jackie O. to Lauren Hutton to my mother. — Michael Kors

The minute it gets to a runway, you're tempted to do some high jinks. I don't want to show something I won't produce. I want people to wear the clothes I show. — Michael Kors

My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother. — Michael Kors

The best design teams are not people who are exactly the same ... otherwise you're just sitting and telling, 'You're fabulous.' 'No, you're fabulous.' — Michael Kors

Great style means having a point of view, but evolving your look is even more important. Rushing to embrace every trend will leave you fashionable, but not stylish — Michael Kors

I hate the idea that you have to give up anything. I think you can be powerful and still be provocative, you can be smart and have a softness, you can have all of it. — Michael Kors

American women often fall into the trap of, 'Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night.' It's so old-fashioned. — Michael Kors

I wasn't Barbie-obsessed. I think my mother might have been my Barbie. — Michael Kors

The '90s will be looked back on as ushering in an era of comfort. — Michael Kors

Learn to invest in the best quality you can afford and wear pieces in different ways. — Michael Kors

When I was a kid, I was trendier. I'd wear anything. I was in love beads and platforms. — Michael Kors

Give me Caviar Kaspia and give me a hamburger. I love the two extremes. — Michael Kors

Fashion is not like the movie business, where you can have two great projects in a row and then say, "You know what? I'm going to take off eight months." What am I going to tell people? Wear last year's clothes? — Michael Kors

The greenest thing you could do in fashion, is to buy something great that you're going to use for years — Michael Kors

The craziest thing about fashion people in general, not just designers, is that it's always, "Oh my God, you lost weight! I love your hair!" Or "Oh, you're so tan!" Or, "You're so skinny! I love your shoes!" These are fashion icebreakers. Everyone's always looking at each other. — Michael Kors

I am the oldest young designer in New York City. — Michael Kors