Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Kors

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?

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

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

The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise.

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

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap.

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.

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

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.

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

I am the oldest young designer in New York City.

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

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

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.

I wear the same thing every day. I always pack two black jackets, loads of black T-shirts, loads of white jeans. I feel a little fresh and glamorous and graphic.

Americans are always a little bit insecure.

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

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

In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over!

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

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.

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

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

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

People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!'

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 apartment looks like no one lives in it.

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

American women often fall into the trap of, 'Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night.' It's so old-fashioned.

I grew up in a family of people who were obsessed with fashion.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The best design teams are not people who are exactly the same...otherwise you're just sitting and telling, 'You're fabulous.' 'No, you're fabulous.'

It's an unbelievably tight race for hideous today.

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

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.'

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.

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

I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?

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.

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?

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

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

People always think that designers hate each other. And we're certainly a competitive lot, but we also enjoy each other's company. No one else knows what you're going through other than another designer.

Travel is the ultimate inspiration.

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 love fashion because it's plugged into the zeitgeist, so it's always changing. Thirty years ago, I could never have predicted I'd be where I am today, so I know I don't know what's going to happen in the next five years or the next 20 years. I have my predictions—I'm sure technology will continue to have an impact on fashion, particularly the way people shop. 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.

People shouldn't notice what you're wearing before they notice you. You want people to register you first. 'Oh, what a nice jacket' should be an afterthought if you're doing it right.

You make sexiness strong by balancing it out: something familiar with something unfamiliar, something masculine with something feminine, something streamlined with something rococo. It's a Yin and Yang. Women are made of layers, your mood shifts, no one is neither one extreme nor the other.

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

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.

American women often fall into the trap of, "Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night." It's so old-fashioned. The French are not afraid of their luxury. Americans can be so puritanical and think, "That's my special-occasion bag." Whereas, for a French woman, it's her everyday bag.

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.

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

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

I've always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman's outfit.

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