Quotes from Michael Kors

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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

I am the oldest young designer in New York City.

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 apartment looks like no one lives in it.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?