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Michael Kors releases limited edition sneaker for Facebook fans

Michael Kors released 500 pairs of this zebra

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Here on Long Island we love our hometown boy Michael Kors, but we're not the only ones.

Kors has gathered a whopping 5 million Facebook fans, and the Merrick-bred designer is celebrating with one of spring's must-have trends — a bold new pair of sneakers.

Fresh prints and wedges have transformed sneakers from sporty to fashion-forward this season, with Kors on the forefront (he released...

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FLOTUS wears Reed Krakoff in second official portrait

The official portraits of first lady Michelle Obama,

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What a difference four years makes. In her first official White House portrait, Michelle Obama went new guard wearing a sleeveless, black, racerback Michael Kors’ dress that showed off her famously toned arms. A double strand of pearls was her featured accessory.

This time around, she appeared in a much more traditional vein, wearing a custom navy silk and wool dress with three-quarter length...

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Michael Kors campaigns to end world hunger

Michael Kors is battling world hunger with a

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Michael Kors is a man on a huge mission, and it has nothing to do with clothes. On Wednesday, the born-and-bred LIer launched an exclusive partnership with the UN World Food Programme, which is dedicated to helping solve the international hunger crisis, a cause that is near and dear to Kors, and a cornerstone of his philanthropic platform.

The WFP is the world’s largest organization fighting...

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Michael Kors is 'auf' 'Project Runway,' Zac Posen is in

Designer Michael Kors backstage at his Spring 2013

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Michael Kors has bid “auf Wiedersehen” to “Project Runway.”  The designer who served as judge on the reality fashion competition show for 10 seasons cited scheduling difficulties as the reason for his departure. For season 11,  Zac Posen will take his place. Posen, who is particularly well-known for his dramatic, elegant evening wear, told The Associated Press,  “This was an amazing...

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Heidi Klum, Anna Wintour use on-line auction to aid Sandy victims

Wouldn't you like to be Vogue editor-in-chief's seatmate

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We love it when fashion gets behind a cause, and that’s just what’s happening with superstorm Sandy. In response to the devastating storm, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue have joined forces to raise funds for hard hit people and places impacted by the storm.

"Sandy has hit us hard here at home," said CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg. "It is devastating...

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Michelle Obama wears Michael Kors on Election Night

President Barack Obama walks on stage with first

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Just like her husband, Michelle Obama got a second term early Wednesday morning: First lady of fashion.

Obama stepped onto the stage, wearing a magenta silk chine pin-tucked dress by Michael Kors that was nipped at the waist with a slightly flared skirt topped by a black shrug and accessorized with a vintage pink brooch from House of Lavande.

In a statement to the Associated Press, Kors...

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Political wives are thinking pink

Michelle Obama and Ann Romney turned heads at

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Talk about shocking pink.  Imagine the meeting of Michelle Obama and Ann Romney at last night’s presidential debate at Hofstra University.   First the shock:  they were wearing identical colors.   Then the pink:  Fuchsia, neon, bold and kind of beautiful.

Obama wore Michael Kors’ boucle crepe seamed princess sheath and matching jacket accessorized with a...

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