Michael Kors celebrates 45-year career with show celebrating chic women of New York

2026-02-13 - 13:45

Night at the opera theme for designer’s autumn/winter collection brings elegant gowns draped in opulent coats Five years ago, Covid prevented Michael Kors celebrating 40 years as a fashion designer; nothing was going to stop him partying when he reached 45. “It’s crazy, I’ve been in fashion 45 years, but I’m only 32,” said Kors, 66. The sweeping double staircase of the New York Metropolitan Opera House became the catwalk for a fashion week show dedicated to the chic women of the city. On Kors’ best dressed list right now is the “amazing, remarkable” Rama Duwaji, the city’s first lady as wife of the mayor, Zohran Mamdani. “The way she dresses takes me back to the first term of the Obamas, so smart and so chic,” Kors said before the show. “Before that time, a first lady portrait meant a suit with puff sleeves and a bow and some pearls, and then all of a sudden there was Mrs Obama, wearing a simple jersey dress with her arms bare. It was modern.” Continue reading...