One celebrity who was very much not on Michael Kors’ moodboard for his New York fashion week show was Bianca Censori, who recently caused uproar with a near-naked appearance at the Grammys with her husband, Kanye West.
Only last year he dressed the country singer Kelsea Ballerini for the Met Gala in a daring nude mesh gown embroidered with strategic silk rose buds, inspired by the scene in the film American Beauty in which Mena Suvari lies in a bathtub, covered only by petals.
Those who did make it on to Kors’ moodboard: Uma Thurman in the 1990s in an oversized black coat, Sharon Stone in a mannish check blazer in 2000, Lauren Hutton in a trenchcoat in the 1970s.
The Capri conglomerate which owns Michael Kors has been left stranded after an attempted merger with the larger Tapestry group, owner of Coach, was blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission in November.
Fashion designer says when the world is this crazy, you need to feel ‘confident and comfortable’ in your clothes.
