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Article: According to Kors.(designer Michael Kors )(Biography)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- January 30, 2003
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An oral history of Michael Kors, from the WWD Archives:
August 9, 1959: Michael Kors, son of Bill and Joan, is born in Merrick, N.Y.
1959-1977: Spends childhood afternoons visiting an uncle who worked in the fashion industry, and went shopping wholesale on weekends with his mother. "For every male designer," he told WWD in 1985, "the way your mother dresses has an impact forever. My mother is very unmovable in her taste, her likes and dislikes."
1968: Designs his first collection. "I had a boutique in my basement when I was nine where I handpainted ugly little leather vests to sell to neighbors."
1977: Graduates from John F. Kennedy ...