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Michael Kors: Michael Kors

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I was writing payroll checks for my personal checking account. I went around to Fabric Resources and and begged them, please will you give me credit. I had no office. The first time I got a phone call. And the New York Times said oh We have a reporter who would love to come.

And look at the clothes. And I said, Well they can't come here. And they were like, Well what do you mean? And I said, Well, I'm literally you know, sewing in my bedroom. Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements.

They built. I'm Guy Raz and on the show today, how a kid from Long Island turned his name into a global brand. with designer luxury apparel accessories under the label Michael Cors. If building a fashion brand is hard,

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