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
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I have always admired LVMH and the environment it has created for designers in supporting their creativity, emphasizing their individuality, respecting their brands and providing the resources to develop global luxury businesses,
giving people support
I'm not as obsessive-compulsive about certain things; I give a lot of latitude to people and support people. I know that I can't do it myself and that you're only as good as the people you have behind you.
team support collaboration
I always need a support team, even at Donna Karan. I like collaborating. There is something in collaboration that is wonderful.
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I did Urban Zen for myself, to make clothes for me and my friends, a similar philosophy to when I started Donna Karan. Except this time I hope it will stay that way so that I will be able to support young designers and mentor them.
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I also miss the support that I had of so many people. You know I'm a very Ma and Pa operation right now, and I was used to having everything working for me. It was a similar situation when I left Anne Klein and started Donna Karan. All of a sudden I was working in my apartment and it was, "Oh my god, what am I doing?"
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Everything was really thought about from the shoe up to the hair -- sort of like head-to-toe, we are going into the next century,
evening time
Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never kind of want to look the same way.
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beautiful studies of new whites -- whites that are not really white. They're sort of alabaster and ice tones and gray tones.
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There's nothing in it, so it creates this rustling kind of effect.
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We'd rather they be in our footwear than Nike, Reebok, or anyone else. There's no question.
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We have taken this process very seriously, ... We fully recognize the need to improve our expense structure and build shareholder value.
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Today, fashion is really about sensuality - how a woman feels on the inside. In the eighties 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.
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You know the thing I love about these oils? There are four of them and you can play with them, you can mix them, you can put them in your bath, ... And it's not perfume - there's no alcohol - so it's the nature of who you are in your soul so it really connects on a very, very deep level. It's like, you put it in your bag and let your handbag smell like it, it's that kind of thing. It's pure oil, pure essence, so it's never harsh. It never has that cut.
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She's really tiny, but she's really cute. She reminded me of the first time I met Natalia a few years ago. She didn't speak English so well at the beginning, either.