receive thousands of hits per day. ’s recent develoPMents Year”. Fashion Footwear Association of New marketing savvy has earned the Company a In 1985 Kenneth Cole was the first member York (FFANY) honoured Kenneth Cole with renowned image as a forerunner of fashion and of the fashion community to take a public The Fashion Medal of Honour Award at their trends. His controversial advertising campaign stand in the fight against AIDS. Since then 1997 Gala. has garnered worldwide attention for its humour he has continued to support the global fight Kenneth Cole Productions continues to and social consciousness. through both personal and corporate initiatives declare “What you stand for is more important including the dedication of an ongoing portion than what you stand in” and “To be aware is Product of marketing budget to public awareness more important than what you wear.” Through the rugged mountains, Saharan desert initiatives. Cole continues to serve as a National and into the tropical rain forest: The Spring 2011 Board Member of both AmFAR: The American ProMotion collection tells the story of our global landscape Foundation for AIDS Research since 1985 and Kenneth Cole’s which takes inspiration from the organic colors the HELP USA Homeless project since socially conscious and textures inherent in nature, juxtaposed with its inception in 1987. advertising for the a more urban, utilitarian sensibility. Kenneth Cole has been causes that he Market Small Companies four times. • Italian Trade Commission Life in Style Award Key looks for women include exotic, recognised for his design champions can Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. is an American Apparel Group LLC, a Dubai based exclusive (2001) asymmetrical one-shoulder sheath dresses and business talents as be somewhat founded in 1982 by Kenneth licensee, represents this premier fashion shoes • Univ. of Illinois School of Public Health belted at the waist, slouchy, controversial Cole. Wanting to preview his line of shoes and accessories brand in the Gulf. Honorary Doctorate (2001) parachute cotton trousers, but are always at Market Week at the New York Hilton, but • Manhattanville and sporty yet versatile meant to unable to afford the purchase of a hotel room achieveMents College Honorary trenches layered over stir positive or showroom to display his items, Kenneth Cole • Divine Design Doctorate (2001) lightweight silks with ruched change. inquired about parking a trailer two blocks from Humanitarian of the Year • Fashion Accessories necklines and modern, One such the Hilton Hotel. When discovering that permits (1996) Benefit Ball Achievement sportswear-inspired mesh example for trailers were only granted to utility and • Footwear News Man of Award (2002) fabrics. Pixilated mosaic was his production companies innovative Cole changed the Year (1996) • Human Rights Equity prints and splashes of colour campaign the name of his company from Kenneth Cole • CFDA Humanitarian of Corporate Equality are grounded by dune, slate for World Incorporated to Kenneth Cole Award (2002) and crisp white, one of the AIDS Productions and applied for a • AmfAR Chairman of the season’s biggest trends. Day in permit to film the full-length film, the Board (2005) Refined tribal patterns and 2005. “The Birth of a Shoe Company”. In • National Arts Club hints of playful electric He two and a half days, Kenneth Cole Humanitarian Award yellow and blue pop into designed Productions sold forty thousand (2007) the landscape. Raw silk and T-Shirts for the campaign pairs of shoes, while chronicling the • FABB bleached out fabrics mix soft which were sold at such stores as beginning of the company on film. Fashion Meets and hard, shiny and matte. Barneys New York, Scoop and Louis Boston. To this day the Company is still Compassion (2007) Accessory highlights The messages on the shirts stated either, “We named Kenneth Cole Productions • AMY Award include double buckle belts All Have AIDS” or “I Have AIDS.” Cole created Inc. and serves as a constant YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (2008) and hobos in metallic python the shirts in hopes that those with or without reminder of the importance of • Northeastern University Honorary Doctorate with white leather detail and AIDS would wear the shirts, to help diminish the resourcefulness, creativity and (2009) studded handles. Camouflage stigma attached to the disease. innovative problem solving. • Legal Aid Society Theodore Roosevelt Award totes and gladiator heels Known mainly for its shoes for Corporate Responsibility (2009) in fatigue green mesh and Brand values Kenneth Cole Productions snakeskin are the spring CONFIDENT Smart. Authentic. Bold also makes stylish clothing and history military must haves. CLEVER Original. Versatile. Witty accessories under three brands: Fashion Designer Kenneth Cole founded his For men, the mood is COOL Iconic. Metropolitan. Sexy. Relevant Kenneth Cole New York, Reaction company, Kenneth Cole Productions, with urban safari with a clean AWEAR Social Conscious. Thought Provoking. Kenneth Cole, and Unlisted. It also the debut of a ladies’ footwear collection yet unstructured Engaged licenses the name to products such in December of 1982. Today the company silhouette and a as hosiery, luggage, watches, and manufactures concentration on eyewear. Kenneth Cole internationally military cargo, canvas, www.kennethcole.com continues to expand, and distributes unconstructed adding new lines for men’s and blazers and raw women and children women’s edges. Key looks well as for his philanthropic and a men’s and footwear, include sandy involvement. The Creative women’s fragrance. accessories suede field jackets, Coalition honoured Kenneth Things you didn’t know about More than 4,500 and clothing two-button with their Spotlight Award department and under the blazers, layered for dedication to increasing kenneth cole specialty stores Kenneth separates and public awareness; Amnesty Since 1985 Kenneth Cole has been openly involved in carry its products. Cole, loose-fitting, International honoured publicly supporting AIDS awareness and research. He Kenneth Cole the Year (1997) Reaction, easy-to-wear Kenneth Cole with their is considered the first in the fashion industry to do so. also operates • Creative Coalition and trousers 1998 Media Spotlight Award. He uses fashion as a medium to promote socially about 90 Spotlight Award (1997) unlisted. with roll up Kenneth was simultaneously conscious ads to help fight various causes from AIDS retail and • Forbes Magazine Best com cuffs and chosen as Humanitarian of the to homelessness. He has donated proceeds to such outlet stores, 200 Small Companies in labels, as clean patch Year by Divine Design and the organisations as Mentoring USA, amfAR and Rock catalogues America well as pockets. CFDA presented their Award the Vote. and a Web • FFANY Fashion Medal of offering Steel blues for Humanitarian Excellence to In August 2006 it was announced that Kenneth Cole site. CEO Honor (1997) over 30 product and warm Kenneth Cole in 1996. Kenneth Productions would stop selling fur in all of their Kenneth • Amnesty International categories. berries Cole has been awarded the garments for the Fall 2007 Fashion Season. Cole Media Spotlight Award (1998) Kenneth Cole retail stores have expanded balance jungle greys Extraordinary Voice Award by In 1998 People Magazine voted Cole as “Sexiest owns 45% • AmfAR Award of Courage throughout the and abroad in and tumbleweed browns. Shoes include Mother’s Voices for his continued Businessman of the Year. of the company and (2000) Amsterdam, , , short military boots, trekking sandals, and sharp efforts in AIDS awareness. Cole was controls almost all of the voting • NY Magazine Fashion Award of the Year and the GCC. The Kenneth Cole Catalogue oxfords with playful coloured soles. Belt bags, recipient of the Council on Foundations 1996 In October 2007 Cole guest-starred in the Ugly Betty rights. (2000) mails to over three million consumers a rustic leather duffels and updated, graphic camo Humanitarian Leadership award. Kenneth Cole episode Betty’s Wait Problem In 1994 Kenneth Cole went public, and has • CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year year and the award-winning Kenneth Cole bags are slung across the shoulders, perfect for has received the footwear industry’s highest In 2008 the company celebrated its 25th year, with been included on Forbes annual list of 200 Best Nominee (2000) (www.kennethcole.com) and Reaction websites hiking through the urban jungle. honour as Footwear News’ Person of The events to commemorate it.

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Since then 1997 Gala. has garnered worldwide attention for its humour he has continued to support the global fight Kenneth Cole Productions continues to and social consciousness. through both personal and corporate initiatives declare “What you stand for is more important including the dedication of an ongoing portion than what you stand in” and “To be aware is Product of marketing budget to public awareness more important than what you wear.” Through the rugged mountains, Saharan desert initiatives. Cole continues to serve as a National and into the tropical rain forest: The Spring 2011 Board Member of both AmFAR: The American ProMotion collection tells the story of our global landscape Foundation for AIDS Research since 1985 and Kenneth Cole’s which takes inspiration from the organic colors the HELP USA Homeless project since socially conscious and textures inherent in nature, juxtaposed with its inception in 1987. advertising for the a more urban, utilitarian sensibility. Kenneth Cole has been causes that he Market Small Companies four times. • Italian Trade Commission Life in Style Award Key looks for women include exotic, recognised for his design champions can Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. is an American Apparel Group LLC, a Dubai based exclusive (2001) asymmetrical one-shoulder sheath dresses and business talents as be somewhat fashion house founded in 1982 by Kenneth licensee, represents this premier fashion shoes • Univ. of Illinois School of Public Health belted at the waist, slouchy, controversial Cole. Wanting to preview his line of shoes and accessories brand in the Gulf. Honorary Doctorate (2001) parachute cotton trousers, but are always at Market Week at the New York Hilton, but • Manhattanville and sporty yet versatile meant to unable to afford the purchase of a hotel room achieveMents College Honorary trenches layered over stir positive or showroom to display his items, Kenneth Cole • Divine Design Doctorate (2001) lightweight silks with ruched change. inquired about parking a trailer two blocks from Humanitarian of the Year • Fashion Accessories necklines and modern, One such the Hilton Hotel. When discovering that permits (1996) Benefit Ball Achievement sportswear-inspired mesh example for trailers were only granted to utility and • Footwear News Man of Award (2002) fabrics. Pixilated mosaic was his production companies innovative Cole changed the Year (1996) • Human Rights Equity prints and splashes of colour campaign the name of his company from Kenneth Cole • CFDA Humanitarian of Corporate Equality are grounded by dune, slate for World Incorporated to Kenneth Cole Award (2002) and crisp white, one of the AIDS Productions and applied for a • AmfAR Chairman of the season’s biggest trends. Day in permit to film the full-length film, the Board (2005) Refined tribal patterns and 2005. “The Birth of a Shoe Company”. In • National Arts Club hints of playful electric He two and a half days, Kenneth Cole Humanitarian Award yellow and blue pop into designed Productions sold forty thousand (2007) the landscape. Raw silk and T-Shirts for the campaign pairs of shoes, while chronicling the • FABB bleached out fabrics mix soft which were sold at such stores as beginning of the company on film. Fashion Meets and hard, shiny and matte. Barneys New York, Scoop and Louis Boston. To this day the Company is still Compassion (2007) Accessory highlights The messages on the shirts stated either, “We named Kenneth Cole Productions • AMY Award include double buckle belts All Have AIDS” or “I Have AIDS.” Cole created Inc. and serves as a constant YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (2008) and hobos in metallic python the shirts in hopes that those with or without reminder of the importance of • Northeastern University Honorary Doctorate with white leather detail and AIDS would wear the shirts, to help diminish the resourcefulness, creativity and (2009) studded handles. Camouflage stigma attached to the disease. innovative problem solving. • Legal Aid Society Theodore Roosevelt Award totes and gladiator heels Known mainly for its shoes for Corporate Responsibility (2009) in fatigue green mesh and Brand values Kenneth Cole Productions snakeskin are the spring CONFIDENT Smart. Authentic. Bold also makes stylish clothing and history military must haves. CLEVER Original. Versatile. Witty accessories under three brands: Fashion Designer Kenneth Cole founded his For men, the mood is COOL Iconic. Metropolitan. Sexy. Relevant Kenneth Cole New York, Reaction company, Kenneth Cole Productions, with urban safari with a clean AWEAR Social Conscious. Thought Provoking. Kenneth Cole, and Unlisted. It also the debut of a ladies’ footwear collection yet unstructured Engaged licenses the name to products such in December of 1982. Today the company silhouette and a as hosiery, luggage, watches, and manufactures concentration on eyewear. Kenneth Cole internationally military cargo, canvas, www.kennethcole.com continues to expand, and distributes unconstructed adding new lines for men’s and blazers and raw women and children women’s edges. Key looks well as for his philanthropic and a men’s and footwear, include sandy involvement. The Creative women’s fragrance. accessories suede field jackets, Coalition honoured Kenneth Things you didn’t know about More than 4,500 and clothing two-button with their Spotlight Award department and under the blazers, layered for dedication to increasing kenneth cole specialty stores Kenneth separates and public awareness; Amnesty Since 1985 Kenneth Cole has been openly involved in carry its products. Cole, loose-fitting, International honoured publicly supporting AIDS awareness and research. He Kenneth Cole the Year (1997) Reaction, easy-to-wear Kenneth Cole with their is considered the first in the fashion industry to do so. also operates • Creative Coalition and trousers 1998 Media Spotlight Award. He uses fashion as a medium to promote socially about 90 Spotlight Award (1997) unlisted. with roll up Kenneth was simultaneously conscious ads to help fight various causes from AIDS retail and • Forbes Magazine Best com cuffs and chosen as Humanitarian of the to homelessness. He has donated proceeds to such outlet stores, 200 Small Companies in labels, as clean patch Year by Divine Design and the organisations as Mentoring USA, amfAR and Rock catalogues America well as pockets. CFDA presented their Award the Vote. and a Web • FFANY Fashion Medal of offering Steel blues for Humanitarian Excellence to In August 2006 it was announced that Kenneth Cole site. CEO Honor (1997) over 30 product and warm Kenneth Cole in 1996. Kenneth Productions would stop selling fur in all of their Kenneth • Amnesty International categories. berries Cole has been awarded the garments for the Fall 2007 Fashion Season. Cole Media Spotlight Award (1998) Kenneth Cole retail stores have expanded balance jungle greys Extraordinary Voice Award by In 1998 People Magazine voted Cole as “Sexiest owns 45% • AmfAR Award of Courage throughout the United States and abroad in and tumbleweed browns. Shoes include Mother’s Voices for his continued Businessman of the Year. of the company and (2000) Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan short military boots, trekking sandals, and sharp efforts in AIDS awareness. Cole was controls almost all of the voting • NY Magazine Fashion Award of the Year and the GCC. The Kenneth Cole Catalogue oxfords with playful coloured soles. Belt bags, recipient of the Council on Foundations 1996 In October 2007 Cole guest-starred in the Ugly Betty rights. (2000) mails to over three million consumers a rustic leather duffels and updated, graphic camo Humanitarian Leadership award. Kenneth Cole episode Betty’s Wait Problem In 1994 Kenneth Cole went public, and has • CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year year and the award-winning Kenneth Cole bags are slung across the shoulders, perfect for has received the footwear industry’s highest In 2008 the company celebrated its 25th year, with been included on Forbes annual list of 200 Best Nominee (2000) (www.kennethcole.com) and Reaction websites hiking through the urban jungle. honour as Footwear News’ Person of The events to commemorate it.

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