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Donna Karan Resort - Ready-to-wear - Spring/Summer,10/11

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Who is Donna Karan ?

While she was still a student at the Parsons School of Design in New York, Long Island native Donna Karan was offered a summer job assisting Anne Klein. After three years as associatedesigner, Karan was named as Klein's successor and, following her mentor's death in 1974, Karan became head of the company. After a decade at Anne Klein, where she established a fabrics and dark hues, Karan founded her own company in 1984 with her late husband, Stephan Weiss. A year later, her highly acclaimed Donna Karan New York Collection, based on the concept of 'seven easy pieces', unveiled the bodysuit that was too become her trademark. Karan'semphasis on simple yet sophisticated designs, including everything from wrap skirts to corseted eveningwear, captured the popular mood of  'body consciousness' that swept Hollywood in the '80s. By 1989, she had expanded this philosophy to the street-smart diffusion line DKNY. In 1992, inspired by the desireto dress her husband, a menswear line was launched, with a DKNY Men emerging a year later. Since then, Donna Karan International has continued to disversify and expand to cover evergy age lifestyle, including a children's range, eyewear, fragrances and home furnishings. She  has been honoured with an unprecedented seven CFDA awards, including 2004's Lifetime Archievement Award to coincide with her 20th anniversary. The company became a publicy traded enterprise in 1996 and was aquired by French Luxury conglomerate LVMH in 2001 for a reported $643 million. Karan remeins the chief designer. Today Donna Karan International boasts over 100 company-owned, licensed, free-standing Donna Karan collection, DKNY and DKNY Jeans stores worldwide. In 2007, she launched The Urban Zen Foundation, a non-profit organisation inspired by her global travels. The Foundation includes The Urban Zen store and Urban Zen fashion line, proceeds of which go towards raising awarness in areas of well being, empowering children and preserving cultures.

"Who is Donna Karan"-Text by Terry Jones - 100 Contemporary Fashion Designers