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Jet-set attitude prevails in the collections of Michael Kors. What began in 1981 as this native New Yorker’s first venture has today flourished into a design empire of Ready To Wear, Handbags, Shoes, Accessories, Watches, Fragrances and Bedding for both women and men. The Michael Kors signature look is American chic flanked by sleek lines that beautifully go beyond basic. With selections for everyone, designs include the original and luxe MICHAEL KORS, mid-tier KORS Michael Kors and more mainstream MICHAEL Michael Kors.

Michael Kors Collection Boutiques and Lifestyle Stores offer shoppers a dazzling first impression with floor-to-ceiling window displays featuring multiple three-dimensional, clear cubes of the latest finds that simply beckon. Interiors are bright, mostly white and ultra-modern with soft touches like zebra skin furniture and fluffy pillows, a perfect offset to the geometric insets edged with mirrored trims and chocolate wood accents. Lighting is a masterpiece here, with huge drum-like fixtures and unexpected chandeliers, all perfectly highlighting the Michael Kors collections which are chosen by the designer himself and color-organized for dramatic effect.

Ready To Wear is fresh and forward with a basis of classic design meshed with a most modern appeal. Sheath dresses, tunics, cardigans, side-tie tops and bootlegs in everything from sporty jersey and virgin wool to glamorous cashmere and silk, top the mix in the MICHAEL KORS collection. Prints are abstract or animal-print and perfectly play off vivid solid color-blocks like royal blue, canary yellow, rich plum and burnt brown. In the KORS and MICHAEL lines, shoes like wood wedges, demi-wedges, stacked cone heels and covered platforms reign in top style while the “MK” logoed jelly sandal and leather moccasin are becoming fast favorites. Handbags are heavenly across all collections and include a range of arm-candy from extravagant python satchels to the more casually swank patent leather-hardware totes.

Did your front-row invite to the Michael Kors show get lost in the mail? No need to bat a fabulous faux lash. Just visit the company’s web site where you can preview his latest runway creations. Once at the site, you can always follow the heart of the designer by shopping Michael’s Favorites, or just buy directly from the Ad Campaigns for those necessary objects. For fashionistas who must be in-the-know, the First-Class Lounge dishes insider scoop on everything Michael Kors.

This award-devouring designer’s extreme celebrity following including Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Heidi Klum, Charlize Theron, Cate Blanchett and Gwyneth Paltrow, as well as a presence of stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, give us good reason to be simply mad about Michael Kors.

For more information on Michael Kors, visit www.michaelkors.com

By Suzanne Petrizzi