Michael Kors wurde 1981 in New York City, in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, von dem Sportbekleidungsdesigner Karl Anderson Jr, besser bekannt als Michael Kors, und seinem Geschäftspartner John Orchulli gegründet.

Kors first store opened in 2000 in downtown New York and from that year onwards the brand expanded into other cities in the United States but also into many other countries such as Japan, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Italy, England, France, Brazil, among others. Kors is now a global influential presence numbering over 770 stores in more than 85 countries in the world.