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Kenneth Cole (designer)
American clothing designer (born 1954)
For other people named Kenneth Cole, see Kenneth Cole (disambiguation).
Kenneth D. Cole (born March 23, 1954) is an American designer, social activist, business owner, and philanthropist. His global company, Kenneth Cole Productions, creates clothing and other products under the labels Kenneth Cole New York, Reaction Kenneth Cole, and Unlisted, as well as footwear under the label Gentle Souls.
Early life and education
Born to a Jewish family[1][2] in Brooklyn, New York, his father, Charles Cole, owned the El Greco shoe manufacturing company. Cole graduated from John L. Miller Great Neck North High School in 1972. Before learning the family business and starting his own company in 1982, Cole graduated from Emory College of Arts and Sciences of Emory University in 1976.[3][4]
Birth of a shoe company
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. is an American fashion house founded in 1982 by Kenneth Cole. Wanting to preview his line of shoes at the New York Shoe Expo a
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Short Profile
Name: Kenneth Ize
DOB: 5 October 1990
Place of birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Occupation: Fashion designer
Kenneth, as a fashion designer, how would you describe the power of clothes?
The first thing we do in the morning is get dressed. We wake up and think, “Okay, what am I going to wear today?” You can’t go out naked! That’s what makes fashion so strong; clothes hold so much power. I believe in clothes so much. Being a queer person and moving from Nigeria to Austria, I had trouble integrating with people; all I had was clothes. But at the time, there was nothing in the world that gave me confidence like those clothes did. There’s nothing like when I’m wearing something that makes me feel one thousand and one percent myself… If I feel amazing wearing something, it gives me power.
What would you say to someone who doesn’t believe in the power of fashion, or who thinks clothes are frivolous?
Clothes tell us about who we are! And there are clothes for every occasion, and they have power in that way. My favorite example is: Would you wear a suit to go play basketball? No!
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Kenneth Cole - Biography
Kenneth Cole's Career
Kenneth Cole's shoe career got off to a rocky start in 1982 when he set up shop in a borrowed trailer outside a New York City trade show because he couldn't afford the cost of displaying his shoes at the event. There was just one problem NYC only grants trailer parking permits to utility companies and filmmakers shooting movies.
"I changed our company letterhead... to Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc," says the American shoe designer, "and the next day applied for a permit to shoot a full length film entitled, The Birth Of A Shoe Company."
And the ploy worked. Kenneth and his makeshift "movie" showroom sold 40,000 pairs of shoes in just two days. Still called Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc, the firm has since expanded throughout the world and now includes a full line of women's and men's wear as well as shoes.
But the story all began when, as a 20-something political science graduate, Kenneth was sidetracked from a career in law "I was going to change the world," he
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