Michael Kors Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

No human being should wear tight satin.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.'

Travel is the ultimate inspiration.

Every woman should own a shirtdress

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

My apartment looks like no one lives in it.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I am the oldest young designer in New York City.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.