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
creative magic juice
The magic happens in the creative studios. But sometimes you're inspired when you're removed from it a little bit. That's when the juice starts to percolate.
husband who-i-am creative
I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.
creative creative-solutions problem
Every problem has a creative solution.
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.
alone mom
My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.
believe hard
I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.
age attitude bring size
Age and size are only numbers. It's the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference.