Donna Karan
Donna Karan
Donna Karan, also known under the alias "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth2 October 1948
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
important well-being wells
The most important thing any woman can do is promote her inner well-being
fashion design challenges
Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.
play differences making-a-difference
I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.
fashion strong women
Today, fashion is really about sensuality-how a woman feels on the inside. In the '80s women used suits with exaggerated shoulders and waists to make a strong impression. Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.
believe unique differences
I believe in the power of women. As nurturers, we have a unique ability to care and share and make the world a better place. Women Who Inspire are women who are making a difference.
positive fashion hair
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
grounding kinds sexy
They're very grounding kinds of shoes, and sexy at the same time.
giving question tools
No question about it. I think she's told us that. You know it's not about us dictating, just giving her tools for her to do it.
collection fall last spring year
It is an evolvement of this last spring collection from last year and the fall collection of silhouettes and structure,
almost body goes releases reliving skirt
It goes to the body and then releases from the body. It's almost like reliving the wrap-and-tie skirt in a new way.
explain man understood voice
He was really the one man who was the voice of the designer. He understood us as designers, and then he could explain us to the consumer.
company employees family larger realized worry
I realized I had a company to worry about and now an even larger family of all my employees to consider,
naive sensuality shows time
It's naive and sweet, yet at the same time it has a sensuality because it shows your breasts.
love oils purest
I love oils I'm oil-obsessed, ... I really do think oils are the purest essences there are unspoiled, untainted, luxurious.