{"id":1202818180,"date":"2019-08-16T12:31:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footwearnews.com\/?p=1202818180"},"modified":"2021-08-16T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T15:02:28","slug":"kenneth-cole-interview-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footwearnews.com\/fashion\/designers\/kenneth-cole-interview-video-1202818180\/","title":{"rendered":"FN Legends: Designer Kenneth Cole Shares Advice on Succeeding in Fashion, Philanthropy & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our FN Legends video series, designer Kenneth Cole talks about how to succeed in the fashion industry, how much money matters in career decisions, philanthropy and more. \u201cWhat I do often to inspired myself is . . . is I\u2019ll go out into the world and I\u2019ll walk the streets, or I\u2019ll go to clubs or I\u2019ll go to places where people are where they dress to impress and I\u2019ll try to see what choices they make and try to understand why and contextualize them. But nobody needs what\u2019s there, so what isn\u2019t? And that is the hardest thing about designing. It\u2019s easy to understand what alternatives exist, but what doesn\u2019t,” he says of designing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly 40 years after launching his brand, Cole talks about how philanthropy, specifically, has played a central role in his work. “You should build a business, ideally, with a purpose. And you should create fashion that is appropriate and of the moment. And them um, as you build the business, the money will happen over time,” he says. And finally, don’t make decisions based on money. “You shouldn\u2019t make decisions necessarily for that reason,” he adds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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On set for FN’s cover shoot with Donna Karan at Urban Zen in the West Village, Cole, talks succeeding in fashion, philanthropy and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108995896,"featured_media":363780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"authors":[],"contributors":[],"styled_by":[],"_image_credit":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","pmc_selected_wwd_video_media":"","pmc_top_video_source":"","pmc_top_video_duration":"","wwd_top_video_source":"","wwd_top_video_duration":"","pmc_selected_featured_media":"","pmc_selected_video_media":"","pmc_selected_variety_video_media":"","variety_top_video_source":"","variety_top_video_duration":"","pmc_featured_media_has_alt_text":false,"_pmc_featured_animated_media_id":0,"_pmc_featured_video_override_data":"[connatix 169b4a5f-cae5-4080-964e-3974577cc568]","_pmc_featured_video_override_url":"","pmc-gallery-linked-gallery":{},"pmc_list_item_description":"","primary_category":"","primary_vertical":"","_mt_pmc_exclude_from_seo":"off","pmc-gallery":[],"categories":0,"subcategories":0,"mt_seo_title":"FN Legends: Interview With Designer Kenneth Cole [VIDEO]","mt_seo_description":"On set for FN's cover shoot with Donna Karan at Urban Zen in the West Village, Cole, talks succeeding in fashion, philanthropy and more.","mt_pmc_exclude_from_seo":"off","_pmc_canonical_override":"","instant_articles_should_submit_post":false,"_sailthru_selected_alerts":[],"_sailthru_send_override":false,"_sailthru_alert_subject":"","_sailthru_breaking_news_meta_data":[],"experimental_features_inline_styles":"","linked_video_id":"","pmc_hubs_hide_header":false,"override_post_title":"","override_post_excerpt":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-08-16T16:32:29Z","apple_news_api_id":"8c721632-bee3-481a-b3c0-207fdf0ce807","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-08-16T15:02:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AjHIWMr7jSBqzwCB_3wzoBw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_pmc_automated_related_links":{"settings":{"module_name":"Related","hide_box":0},"data":[{"url":"","id":"","title":"","automated":true},{"url":"","id":"","title":"","automated":true},{"url":"","id":"","title":"","automated":true}]},"overlay_text_placement":[],"overlay_text_one":[],"overlay_text_two":[],"kicker_meta_block_field":[],"_pmc_kicker":[],"pmc_multiple_products_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[67417,3737],"tags":[378239942],"post_format":[],"_post-options":[],"pmc_ads_suppression":[],"editorial":[378248927],"ep_custom_result":[],"coauthors":[378237697],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"FN Legends: Designer Kenneth Cole Shares Advice on Succeeding in Fashion, Philanthropy & More","url":"http:\/\/footwearnews.com\/fashion\/designers\/kenneth-cole-interview-video-1202818180\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/footwearnews.com\/fashion\/designers\/kenneth-cole-interview-video-1202818180\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/footwearnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/kenneth-cole.jpg?w=150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/footwearnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/kenneth-cole.jpg"},"articleSection":"Designers","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eugenia Richman"}],"creator":["Eugenia Richman"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Footwear News","logo":"https:\/\/footwearnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cropped-fn_favicon2.png"},"keywords":["kenneth cole","fashion","designers","videos"],"dateCreated":"2019-08-16T16:31:39Z","datePublished":"2019-08-16T16:31:39Z","dateModified":"2021-08-16T15:02:28Z","pmc-gallery-linked-gallery":{}},"rendered":"