Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027: MoMK

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Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027 ready-to-wear show at New York Fashion Week.Giovanni Giannoni/WWD

“I am going to wave the flag for this city,” said Michael Kors during a preview of his ladylike spring runway show. After a glamorous celebration of his brand’s 45th anniversary last season at Lincoln Center, the American designer chose another iconic venue for his September show: the Museum of Modern Art’s serene outdoor garden.

Kors is an avid traveler — over the summer, he jaunted to Paris, London and Los Angeles for the theater, museums and more — but no matter where he finds inspiration, he returns to New York and is continually “knocked out.” Alongside his spring show, Kors noted he is smartly launching a new Michael Kors Collection Instagram profile for his customers to tag along on his travels, learn about inspirations and dive deep into his luxury side of the business.

“By the mix of people, the reinvention, which is New York. I always think big cities have all the characters, the tribes. Where do the tribes converge? Public spaces. Quite honestly, museums, galleries, openings at museums and galleries,” he said. 

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“All of those characters are inspired by creativity, architecture, art, and then you know when I said about reinvention, I thought about it — the show’s on the 11th. It’s the 25th anniversary of September 11th. I live downtown. I remember the day like it was yesterday,” he continued, recalling being downtown and seeing the devastation, before expressing how remarkable cities are for reinvention and transformation, which Kors thinks is what modernism brings.

So for spring, he homed in on the idea of modernity — fitting for his venue — with inspirations of Edie Sedgwick, singer-songwriter and musician Nico, a Wassily chair, the modern works of Carmen Herrera, Matisse, Alexander Calder and more filling his mood board. His collection worked in architectural elements, especially in footwear with sharp, angular heels; leather and silver circular jewelry and shapely handbags that evoked modern art. 

The idea made its way into ready-to-wear that was “anti-oversized, but chic, sharp neat,” Kors said of narrow, shrunken tailored suits, lean topcoats and miniskirt suits, some in Pop colors of Kelly green or color-blocked with tomato reds and sunshine yellows through layering. 

He threw traditional more-is-more glamour out the door — no ballgowns here! — and instead leaned into easy monochrome tank dresses, many with color-blocked streamers that wrapped down the waist and fluttered along the leg. The most fanciful of styles came through great body-con crepe dresses covered in hand-melted paillettes — “For every martini drinker in the world,” he quipped of the sexy, artful little black dress with curved cutouts. And the line’s best ladylike dresses and skirts with balloon shapes, covered in 3D paillette floral blooms or confetti-like shredded chiffon organza, were nicely contrasted with their graphic, cutout athletic bodysuits and crop tops in cashmere and leather pairings. 

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“It’s chic optimism,” Kors declared of his clean and architectural lineup of the elevated everyday. “I don’t think optimism has to be sweet, I like polish, I like a sense of chic and urban, but at the same time the world’s a little complicated, just to say the least.”