Wazalwa: Ngo-1970

Ubudala: Iminyaka engama-51,Amadoda ama-51 eminyaka ubudala

Ilizwe lokuzalwa: eunited States

Uzalwe e:IBelleville, eIllinois

Idume njenge:Umenzi feshini

Izitabane Abayili beFashoni

Iqabane / Ex-: I-Illinois

Imfundo:Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iBelleville East

Kuyacetyiswa Wena

Ngubani uLance LePere?

U-Lance LePere ngumyili wefashoni waseMelika owaziwa kakhulu njengeqabane le 'New York Magazine' ongumyili wefashoni yaseMelika kunye Iprojekthi yokubaleka umgwebi uMichael Kors. Basesinye sezibini zokuqala ezitshatileyo ezenze ulwalamano lwazo ixesha elide emtshatweni ngo-2011 emva kokuba umthetho welizwe uvumelekile. Ukuqala njengomfundi kwi-ofisi yaseParis yeenkampani zakwaKors, uMichael Kors Holdings Limited, uLance LePere ngoku ungumlawuli woyilo loyilo lwabasetyhini kule nkampani. Bobabini kunye noKors bathathe inxaxheba kumanyathelo amaninzi esisa kule minyaka idlulileyo, kwaye banikele ngemali eninzi kwiSibhedlele iSikhumbuzo nakwiRoundabout Theatre Inkampani.

U-Lance LePere wazalwa ngo-1970 e-Belleville, e-Illinois, ku-Harold no-Dixie LePere. Utata wakhe, owaziwa njengo 'Hap', wayengumyili wezakhiwo owaziwayo owanceda ukuyila iSibhedlele seSikhumbuzo eBelleville. Unomntakwabo ogama linguScott kunye noodade ababini ogama linguNicole Sinn noMichelle Hewer. Umama wakhe, owafunyaniswa enomhlaza wamabele xa wayeneminyaka emibini kuphela, wayedla ngokumbiza ngokuba liyeza lomhlaza 'ziipilisi zakhe zobuhle' kwaye akazange athethe ngesifo sakhe kunye nonyango ngendlela engeyiyo kuye nasemva kokuba ekwishumi elivisayo. Umama wakhe wasweleka ngo-2003 emva kokulwa nomhlaza iminyaka engama-33. Bobabini abazali bakhe basebenze kwiibhodi kwiSibhedlele iSikhumbuzo. Wagqiba ukugqiba kwakhe iBelleville East High School.

U-Lance LePere weza eNew York eneminyaka eyi-17 ukwakha ikhondo lakhe kwishishini lefashoni. Ufumene indawo ebaleni emva kokuba ejoyine inkampani kaMichael Kors njengomfundi ngo-1990. Ababini babelana 'ngenqanaba elithile lokunambitha', 'umbono waseMelika', kunye nomdla wokudlala neMelika. Ngamazwi akhe, babephupha kunye kwinkqubo yemihla ngemihla kule minyaka idlulileyo, ethe yabasondeza ngokuthe ngcembe. Ngelixa babesebenza kwindawo ekuthengiswa kuyo eParis yenkampani, baqala ukutya kunye kwindawo yokutyela iJoe Allen kwaye bakhulisa ubudlelwane. Ufumene ingqalelo kwimithombo yeendaba ukusukela oko, uninzi lwezona ndawo ziphambili zeendaba zigubungela umtshato wabo kwi-2011 emva kweminyaka engama-21 yokuthandana.

ULance LePere wadibana okokuqala UMichael Kors Ngo-1990 xa wajoyina i-ofisi yeKors njengomfundi. Ngaphandle kwesithuba seminyaka eli-12 ubudala, esi sibini siqale ukuthandana kwakamsinya emva koko kwaye besele sikunye amashumi amabini eminyaka xa iindaba zomtshato wabo zisasazeka kwimidiya ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti 2011. Babonwa liholo lesixeko eManhattan, emva koko baqinisekisa ukuba bafumene ilayisensi yomtshato kwi-Ofisi yoMabhalane yesiXeko nge-3 ka-Agasti ka-2011. Ngelixa babengekacwangcisi umbutho omkhulu, kungekudala babopha iqhina ngo-Agasti 16, 2011, kumsitho ongenazihlangu eDune Beach eTony Southampton eLong Isiqithi, eNew York. Umtshato wabo wawuphethwe nguMeya waseSouthampton uMark Epley. Kuxelwe ukuba babekhawuleze ukutshata ukuze basebenzise umthetho omtsha waseNew York ovumela umtshato wesini. Esi sibini sihlala kunye kwigumbi labo eGreenwich Village kwilali eseManhattan, kwisiXeko saseNew York. Banendlu kwiSiqithi seManzi, isiziba esikwiFire Island eSuffolk County, eNew York, apho iKors ihlala ibamba abatshana bakaLePere, awayede wamfakela umenzi we-ice-cream kwakanye.

NgoSeptemba 2016, uLance LePere noMichael Kors banikele nge- $ 750,000 kwiSibhedlele seSikhumbuzo ukukhumbula abazali bakaLePere. U-Lance, owayenomama owasinda kumhlaza wamabele, unobuhlobo obusondeleyo nesibhedlele. Ukulandela umnikelo, isiseko sesibhedlele sithathe isigqibo sokuthiya ngokutsha eli ziko lempilo yamabele kwiSibhedlele iSikhumbuzo njenge 'Harold kunye ne Dixie LePere Breast Health Centre'.

U-Lance LePere noMichael Kors, bobabini abazibiza ngokuba 'ngabathandi bemidlalo yeqonga ubomi babo bonke', bangabalandeli beRoundabout Theatre kwaye bayathanda ukubukela imidlalo yeqonga nanini na befumana ithuba. Ngo-Okthobha u-2016, kwaxelwa ukuba esi sibini sinikele nge-1.5 yezigidi zeedola kwi-Roundabout Theatre Inkampani ukuze yonwabise ukuyilwa kwe-VIP Patron's Lounge entsha eStephen Sondheim Theatre, eyayiza kuthiwa 'Michael Kors kunye neLance LePere Lounge' abaxhasi. Nangona kunjalo, kulandela iimpendulo ezixubeneyo ezivela kuluntu lwethiyetha, u-Roundabout ucacisile ukuba imali izakuya ikakhulu kwiphulo lokukhumbula iminyaka engama-50 lenkampani yeqonga, kunye nakwi-Musical Theatre Fund, eya kuthi ixhase uphuhliso kunye nemveliso yomculo. Ukuveliswa kwemidlalo efana Ndiphuze, Kate kwaye Merrily siqengqele ecaleni baxhamla kumnikelo wabo.

Ngomhla ka-Matshi ngo-2018, i-duo ibisebenza njengoosihlalo bobabini kwigala yokunyusa ingxowa-mali ekhethekileyo ebibanjelwe yi-National Theatre kunye ne-American Associates ye-National Theatre ukubhiyozela ukufika kwemveliso eyaziwayo yeTheatre kaZwelonke. Iingelosi eMelika, iGay Fantasia kwiiNdaba zeSizwe kwiBroadway.