Michael Kors at the 2026 CFDA Awards
The designer and his husband Lance Le Pere joined luminaries including Suki Waterhouse and Lea Michele at the Council of Fashion Designers of America's annual ceremony, held at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Michael Kors was among the guests at the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday, November 2, 2026. The designer arrived in a charcoal suit and dark sunglasses, an image of refined restraint, alongside his husband Lance Le Pere, whose shoulder length brunette waves and dark tailoring created a striking symmetry of elegance between the two.
Kors was among the nominees for American Womenswear Designer of the Year, standing alongside Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Rachel Scott for Diotima, Tory Burch, and Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera. The evening brought together guests including actress Suki Waterhouse in a black cutaway gown that exposed a striking geometric opening across the torso, its asymmetrical hem skimming the floor with dramatic movement. Lea Michele arrived in crisp black simplicity, a column dress with stark elegance. Devyn Garcia completed the group, draped in an off shoulder black gown with plush black fur stole, the texture catching light as she moved.
The ceremony was hosted by Keke Palmer, bringing together the year’s most celebrated names in American fashion for an evening celebrating creative achievement and the industry’s most influential voices.
Imagery courtesy of Michael Kors (@michaelkors).
