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Lance Lepere Biography, Age, All About Michael Kors Partner

On his own, Lance LePere can be called as a successful fashion designer turned women’s creative director at the fashion brand Micheal Kors. However, due to his affiliation and marriage to the brand’s creative director, he is better known to the general public as a partner of Michael Kors. The pair made headlines after becoming one of the first same-sex couples in New York to celebrate their relationship in more than two decades. Read on to learn more about his life and other projects.

Lance Lepere – Bio (Age)

On an unknown date in 1970, Lance LePere was born to Harold and Dixie LePere in Belleville, Illinois. Although her mother’s occupation in life is unclear, her father, usually referred to as Hap, was an architect who notably helped design the Memorial Hospital in Belleville. Lance was raised alongside three other children. a brother named Scott and two sisters named Nicole Sinn and Michelle Hewer.

Full details about Lance LePere’s early life and childhood are not available, but it is known that he attended Belleville East High School before leaving home and moving to New York. He joined Big Apple at the age of 17 to start his career in the fashion industry. After a few years, in 1990 to be exact, he got a job as an intern in the company of Michael Kors and quickly started to progress in the fashion world.

All about Michael Kors’ partner

1. Relationship with Michael Kors

As mentioned above, Lance LePer’s first film encounter with Michael Kors happened when he found work as an intern at the designer’s company. The two were said to have bonded their common interests in different things, inside and outside the fashion world, and soon began to develop an intimacy. While LePere was working at the Parisian Kors store, the pair notably dined together at Joe Allen’s restaurant and soon began officially dating despite the 12-year gap between them.

On August 3, 2011, after what was called Lance LePere and Michael Kors obtained a marriage license from the Manhattan City Clerk’s Office to legally marry. The couple would not have planned to organize a complex ceremony. However, a few weeks later, on August 16, 2011, at Dune Beach, Southampton, Long Island, New York, they held a barefoot wedding ceremony officiated by Southampton Mayor Mark Epley.

Kors and LePere share accommodation in New York and elsewhere. They have an apartment in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, New York, a hamlet on Fire Island, Suffolk County, New York, and a house in Water Island, US Virgin Islands.

2. His mother had a long battle with cancer.

Just a few years after he was born, Lance’s mother LePere began her long battle with breast cancer as she was diagnosed when he was just two years old. The story goes that her mother referred to her cancer drugs as “beauty pills”. She was also careful never to speak negatively to her son about the illness or the treatment she was receiving, even after he was old enough to handle the situation. Dixie LePere’s battle with cancer lasted 33 years, until 2003, the year of her death.

3. LePere has donated much of his wealth to charity

Lance LePere’s mother’s long battle with cancer reportedly lasted that long due to the treatment she received from Memorial Hospital in Belleville, which both her parents served on the board of. In memory of both of her parents and specifically what the hospital did for her mother, LePere and her husband, Michael Kors, donated $750,000 to the hospital.

In honor of this benevolent gesture, the hospital foundation has decided to rename the Memorial Hospital Breast Health Center after her parents, Harold and Dixie LePere Breast Health Center.

4. He is a lifelong theater enthusiast

With her famous fashion designer husband, Lance LaPere has always been a theater enthusiast. Both are big fans of the Roundabout Theater, where they always go to watch plays. Their $1.5 million donation to the Roundabout Theater Company, which has helped develop and produce musicals, is a testament to their love for the art.

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Almeda Bohannan

Update: 2024-05-03