“South by Southwest, the optimism of an endless horizon and blue skies ahead.” The speaker of this quote, Michael Kors, makes being successful sound easy with these poetic words. For him, that was just the case. Michael Kors, noted fashion designer, has been going strong in the industry since he was approximately nineteen years old. Through my undying love for his clothing and respect for his motivation and persistence to become who he is today, I look up to him as an individual and of course, designer. Kors was born “Karl Anderson Jr. in Long Island, New York. He had always been interested in clothes and fashion and began to design clothes at the tender age of nineteen. He attended the Fashion Institute of Technology …show more content…
At this point in time, he was incredibly well known in the fashion industry as well as the entertainment industry (actors began wearing his evening gowns to events). The difference between the two lines is not that huge: MICHAEL includes handbags, shoes and ready-to-wear apparel while KORS is considered the mid-tier line, which is between runway and MICHAEL, also including footwear and jeans. Kors‘ collections are currently sold in his boutiques located in New York, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and more. Celebrities such as Heidi Klum, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner have all graced the red carpets of award shows in Michael Kors eveningwear. When he was the creative director of Celine, Kors designed many outfits for actresses to wear on screen, such as Gwyneth Paltrow in the movie Possession. Advertising campaigns for Michael Kors usually reflect the jet-set sportswear that Kors fans everywhere are fond of. Backgrounds of airports, African safaris and in the middle of the ocean on a yacht are common. Poses are very natural and blissful and create a sense of movement and leave the scenario of the photo shoot up to the