Debuted at the designer’s Fall 2018 runway show during New York Fashion Week in February, Michael Kors has teamed up with fashion illustrator David Downton on a series of elegant ready-to-wear and accessories. The creative partnership is a first for the designer, who hasn’t collaborated with another artist until now. 

“This is our first collaboration with an artist for Michael Kors Collection, and it is very personal,” Kors said in a release. “David captures people's essence and style without feeling the need to draw every detail about them—it's the magic of a great illustrator.”


The new capsule collection includes sketched portraits of women on a series of top-handle leather bags in black and white, as well as smaller accessories, such as a zippered pouch. On the runway, Downton also applied the same prints onto the ready-to-wear, where It models such as Bella Hadid sported the full head-to-toe looks. The limited-edition pieces will be available in the fall. 



Elsewhere in the fall collection, Kors offered up a bit of everything: floral dresses clashed with plaid coats, Fair Isle sweaters with silk trousers, grungy slip dresses, plushy fur faux coats. Everything one needs for the fall season.