Catwalks New York, comfortable glamor from Michael Kors - Lifestyle

"We live in unstable times, every day there is something difficult to absorb: for this we need a 'security blanket', a 'Linus blanket'". Being Michael Kors a global fashion guru, this blanket can be nothing but chic. And being 2020 the eve of an important birthday, the 40th anniversary of the brand in 2021, the definition of chic in the Art Deco building of the former American Stock Exchange is reworked through the historical memory of the house. One of these "blankets" was the cape-blanket brought on the catwalk in 1999 by Naomi Campbell for a collection inspired by the American West that the writer and essayist Joan Didion asked to have and was then photographed by the great portraitist Tina Barney, wrapped in this soft armor in the living room. Kors brought this garment back to life, the unmistakable orange band on a camel-colored field, in front of about 600 guests (ten for hundreds of customers and many celebrities, from Blake Lively to our Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) with the country soundtrack by Orville Peck , Canadian musician with a mysterious identity (he always wears a mask): "I will always love you". The basic idea is that which has inspired Kors for 40 years: a timeless approach to fashion, an investment based on great tailoring and materials. Autumn 2020 is one of those "unstable" seasons for America: time for presidential elections. Kors faces it in the name of "comfortable glamor ", languid silhouettes, hoods and high collars, long sleeves in homage to privacy. The new collection is equipped with the world of horse riding in mind: riding boots are accompanied by spur buckle bags in a new scale, very small or large, but always carried over the shoulder, to leave you free and hands. Kors, who is making three limited edition models in Italy for the release of the 25th James Bond "No Time to Die", has abolished stilettos and super-tight clothes, everything is soft and super comfortable, like the tweeds of a hybrid garment which becomes a dress or coat depending on where you are and how cold it is. The traditional Irish sweater is woven with black leather threads that reflect the fringes of an asymmetrical skirt. On a boardwalk of wooden planks that evoke informality in a country "cabin", in the evening there is a black dress of sequins made from recycled plastic bottles: a tribute to a new generation of customers who want to be elegant but even completely sustainable. Sustainability has been at the top of Kors' agenda for years, a goodwill ambassador for the World Food Program, which like all international fashion designers must face the coronavirus emergency: "Nothing happens anymore in one place, but we can't shut ourselves in the house. We must have the freedom to move around the world. "