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Article: Why isn't he Calvin Klein? Michael Kors has everything but megastardom. So far. (perfectionist does little marketing)(fashion)
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- Newsweek
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- July 29, 1996
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WHEN MICHAEL KORS WAS GROWing up on Long Island, his mother--like every good suburban mom--took her 6-year-old son to see "The Sound of Music." Amid the nuns, nannies and Nazis, there was one thing the future fashion designer couldn't understand: "Why is the guy marrying a woman in a tweed suit with a bad haircut?" If Kors had been Captain Von Trapp, he would have picked the Baroness over Maria. She was nasty, but at least she was chic. To Kors, looking rich was better than anything. Even Julie Andrews.
Today, he is still rooting for the Baroness, and polished women like her. Tan lines on models, and chunky gold watches, Manolo Blahniks and alpaca swatches--these are ...