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
people
I give Reiki, which is energy, but I don't tell too many people that.
change people truly
I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.
underneath wear wore
I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.
I always thought I should have been a better mother.
bodies celebrate dressed men women
When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'
design effort good style toward work
To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter.
approach design feels good
I design from instinct. It's the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.
guilt job kindly thinks universal
My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.
boyfriend clothes dress entire grew including lifestyle pair street tailored teenage wear work
Originally, back in 1992, DKNY started because I couldn't find a pair of jeans. I also wanted to dress my teenage daughter Gabby. So it was the perfect street wardrobe: jeans, anoraks, jumpsuits, boyfriend jackets, sweaters, skirts and dresses. Then DKNY grew into an entire lifestyle concept, including tailored clothes you wear to work.
people scheduling
Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.
certainly easy hard
It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.
life
I think I was a nomad in another life.
leadership positive power talking voice whether woman
I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.
equipped themselves women
Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.