Michael Kors & Lance Lepere

Michael Kors is the honorary chairman as well as chief creative officer of his self-titled fashion company that sells both men and women’s accessories and apparel. His company was the first designer of the French fashion house, Celine, from 1997 to 2003 for women’s ready-to-wear apparel. Kors’ affinity to fashion started at an early age, even redesigning his mother’s wedding dress when he was just 5 years old. He started designing clothes and sold them out of his parent’s basement back in his teenage years. Kors studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology back in 1977 in New York City.

On August 16, 2011, Kors married his life partner, Lance LePere, an American fashion designer. He started as an intern at the Paris office of Michael Kors Holdings Limited and is now the creative director of women’s design. Apart from their professions, the couple also supports charitable organizations, donating $750,000 to the Memorial Hospital in honor of LePere’s parents—credit to their compassion.