Kors hires artist Derek Lam beginning out of Parsons. December: A lower-priced line, which is sometimes jokingly referred to as Kors Light, is launched with Compagnia Internazionale Abbigliamento. (It will be produced until 1993, shuttered, afresh relaunched in 1996.) Steven Meisel photographs model-of-the-moment Christy Turlington for the abatement ad campaign, the designer's first.
April: Vogue's Soft Focus portfolio actualization Easter eggcolored Kors suits. June: Supermodel Cindy Crawford wears a Kors aperture bandage in Vogue's Surf's Up. December: Value for money is the new thing, the artist says in Vogue. The annual describes him as the designer blame the versatility of clothes added than anyone else, and apparel archetypal Helena Christensen in his aphotic leathers for Wild at Heart, an affecting black-and-white biker advance by columnist Peter Lindbergh.
Kors menswear is apparent for abatement on a balustrade in Grand Central Station, with bodysuits for men amidst the suits. (He will do alternate menswear collections until 2002, if the band is launched in earnest.) July: Vogue runs a account of albino It archetypal Claudia Schiffer searching fly in a New York buzz berth cutting a poufy cap and a Kors bodice and skirt. September: Kors is one of about 40 accompany who affectation in columnist Steven Meisel's admired atramentous ear-covering hat for a advance in Vogue Italia.