Michael Kors Quotations

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I am the oldest young designer in New York City.

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

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!

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.

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.

I grew up in a family of people who were obsessed with fashion,

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

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

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. The French are not afraid of their luxury. Americans can be so puritanical and think, "That's my special-occasion bag." Whereas, for a French woman, it's her everyday bag.

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

People always think that designers hate each other. And we're certainly a competitive lot, but we also enjoy each other's company. No one else knows what you're going through other than another designer.

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

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

We had a very tough time with this, and if you're looking for a job, definitely give me a call, I'd love to hear from you.

Lots of shine for evening, ... lots of ornamentation (with) a lot of Art Deco-sort-of-feeling to it because, again, I think this collection really is New York. So, automatically to me, it's the Chrysler Building.

She's like, 'I'll do the thigh-high boots pregnant.' She wears the same kind of stuff she did before. I think women are sexier when they're pregnant, so why not go for it?

right before the final runway show taped for (her Bravo style series) Project Runway , and I loved having a quiet minute with Michael.

I am taking a little break this evening. And what could be more of a vacation than seeing a Versace show? I loved every look and I even picked out a couple for Lucy.

I think there's a couture thing going with Chloe that is not at all what we've seen before.

the optimism of an endless horizon and blue skies ahead.

What are we going to do, sue our biggest customers?

We don't want to wear black every day, but we don't want head-to-toe color every day either. Green can sort of do both and I think that's what's great about it.

The store recently held an exclusive preview of Kors's fall collection. Zac Posen also has been popular this season, as has Jacobs, whose fall collection Monahan called a ''statement.

South by Southwest, the optimism of an endless horizon and blue skies ahead.

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.

There's cool bluish white, white with a yellow cast, a rosy cast, a creamy cast. It's kind of cool to mix it all up. Wear a vanilla shade, ecru and optic white, and mix it all together. If you're confused about the different whites, go to the local paint store, they'll sort it out.

The most exciting thing to say now is, 'Oh, she really looks pretty ,' ... That's not such a dirty word anymore.

If you don't have outside money, the road is 20 times as long.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

In early days, I showed everything I made. There was no such thing as editing a collection. 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!

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

I can't dance and I can't sing too well,

Americans are always a little bit insecure.

My apartment looks like no one lives in it.

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

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

It's an unbelievably tight race for hideous today.

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

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.

I love fashion because it's plugged into the zeitgeist, so it's always changing. Thirty years ago, I could never have predicted I'd be where I am today, so I know I don't know what's going to happen in the next five years or the next 20 years. I have my predictions—I'm sure technology will continue to have an impact on fashion, particularly the way people shop. 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.

Travel is the ultimate inspiration.

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.'

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

Every woman should own a shirtdress

No human being should wear tight satin.

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.

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.

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

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.

I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.'

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.

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

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

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

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