Year launched: 1994

Robert Adler, president and ceo of core licensee Halmode Apparel, a dress and suit manufacturer that is a division of Kellwood Corp., anticipates that the Kathie Lee Collection will become “the biggest license ever put together.” The label will compete with the highly successful Jaclyn Smith Collection offered exclusively through Kmart.
Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television hostess, singer, actor, noted for her 15-year run (1985-2000) on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. She has received 11 Emmy nominations. Before her long stint in talk shows, Gifford’s first television exposure was that of Tom Kennedy’s singer/sidekick on Name That Tune, from 1974 to 1978.