Kenneth Cole

Kenneth Cole's Surprising Business Move

AP | Posted 02.24.2012

NEW YORK -- Fashion designer Kenneth Cole is offering to pay about $148.5 million to buy the rest of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., saying it would co...

PHOTOS: Kenneth Cole Ventures Into Politics

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 01.18.2012

Are you tired of watching endless debates on TV and seeing the roundabouts of political campaigning stretch on tediously for months and months? Kennet...

Generating Profits, Social Impact and Smiles

David Hessekiel | Posted 03.13.2012

David Hessekiel

To start the year off on an inspirational note, here are three examples of causepreneurs who've built beloved, successful companies that emphasize a commitment to caring for others.

SLIDESHOW: 7 Products That Give 100 Percent Of Purchase To HIV/AIDS Research

Posted 12.01.2011

Want to show your support of World AIDS Day, but left your little red ribbon at home? These products give 100 percent of your purchase to HIV/AIDS res...

Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway #6, "Hungry Like the Wolf"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.04.2011

Holly Cara Price

This week's challenge, informs La Klum cheerfully, has to do with going back to school to further their education.

Kenneth Cole Talks 'Antisocial' Social Media, New Site And More

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 10.08.2011

Fashion designer Kenneth Cole’s latest project isn’t a line of shoes or a fall collection: it’s a new site, “Where Do You Stand,” that aims ...

Alex Wagner

Kenneth Cole, Compass Partners Launch Support For College-Aged Social Entrepreneurs

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 06.01.2011

NEW YORK -- As famous for his side-buckle shoes as for his work combining the political and sartorial, designer Kenneth Cole on Friday announced his l...

Kenneth Cole's Twitter Filtered Since Egypt Gaffe

Posted 05.25.2011

It sounds like Kenneth Cole had the keys to his Twitter account taken away from him after his microblogging gaffe last month. Amid the uprising in...

Watch: Former NYC Mayors In Support of Gay Marriage, Giuliani Nowhere To Be Found

Posted 05.25.2011

Two new videos today from the Human Rights Campaign featuring former New York City Mayors Ed Koch and Dave Dinkins voicing their support for gay marri...

Manage Your Company's Online Identity -- Or The Competition Will Manage It For You

Naveen Jain | Posted 05.25.2011

Naveen Jain

The online identity, or "o-dentity," of your business can help or hinder its bottom line. Yet, too many executives fail to safeguard their company's online reputation.

The Cairo Condition: Waiting for a Crisis to Make Changes Is a Bad Idea

Inder Sidhu | Posted 05.25.2011

Inder Sidhu

Think about the last time your organization faced a crisis: did it anticipate it before hand? Was it slow to implement change? Did your leaders vow afterward to react differently next time?

Groupon and Kenneth Cole: Trafficking in Human Misery

Catherine Ventura | Posted 05.25.2011

Catherine Ventura

While most of Cole's provocative ads suggest positive change, his "it's all about me" appropriations of real loss and tragedy, like the Groupon ad, minimize the very real suffering of countries, communities, and cultures.

Kenneth Cole Pranked

Posted 05.25.2011

After yesterday's brouhaha--in which Kenneth Cole invoked the Egyptian uprising to promote his new spring collection on Twitter, followed by a Faceboo...

Kenneth Cole Twitter Gaffe Spoofed With Parody Account

Posted 05.25.2011

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and the images coming out of Egypt over the past few days have said a lot about a people facing violence...

Kenneth Cole Uses #Cairo To Promote Spring Collection

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: Kenneth Cole has taken to Facebook to express his remorse: I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situat...

Interview: The Multifaceted Kenneth Cole

Huffington Post | Lindsay Flans | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth Cole, the incredibly multi-dimensional designer--he is the chairman of The American Foundation for AIDS Research, as well as the creator of A...

Colorado Mills: Where To Find The Best Clearance Sales

Posted 05.25.2011

Colorado Mills may be an outlet shopping location, but they currently have some of the best seasonal clearance prices around. Boots, dresses, suits, y...

WIN An ALL-EXPENSES Trip To Cover The Life Ball In Vienna!

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. See who it is HERE. Every year around 40,000 famous and fashionable people flock to Vienna's City Hall Squar...

Kenneth Cole Oil Spill T-Shirts Hit Facebook (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth Cole has opened an online t-shirt store today via Facebook to raise money for the Oil Spill cleanup, WWD reports. The funds will go to Awearne...

Sundance: The Gifting That Keeps on Giving

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Fabio Periera

Gifting suites are nothing new at Sundance, but for a festival that promised a return to its roots, it sure seems like business as usual.

Kenneth Cole's 'Movement To Support Movement': Will Businesswomen Never Sneakers Again?

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Manhattan's modish women started today's workday not behind their desks, but at Kenneth Cole's Rockefeller Center store, waiting to pick up their pair...

Gay, Gay, More Gay: Can't We All Just Get It Straight?

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Laermer

A state that recognizes same-sex marriage is entitled to have its "public act, record, and judicial proceeding" (and marriage is arguably all three) respected by all the other states.

Down Fur the Count

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Markarian

Last week New Jersey's state legislature approved a bill requiring the labeling of all animal fur garments, making it the fifth state to better protect consumers from fraudulent fur selling.

Today Is Not a Dress Rehearsal

Kenneth Cole | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth Cole

It is one of those rare moments in history when we are being called upon to get involved to effect meaningful and sustainable social change, and not just change our outfit, but also outfit change.

SERVICE: Check Out Kenneth Cole's Awearness Blog

Kenneth Cole Awearness | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth Cole's Awearness blog fosters daily coverage of what it calls the "four socially-aware pillars of discussion: Social Rights, Well-Being, Polit...