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Donna Karan

Donna Karan
Donna Karan (DK) in 2020
Born
Donna Ivy Faske

October 2, 1948 (1948-10-02) (age 75)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materThe New School
LabelDonna Karan
Spouses
  • Mark Karan
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1976; div. 1978)​
  • Stephan Weiss
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1983; died 2001)​
Children2

Donna Karan (/ˈkærən/ KARR-ən; born Donna Ivy Faske), also known as DK, is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.

Early life

Donna Ivy Faske was born to mother Helen "Queenie" Faske (née Rabinowitz) and father Gabriel "Gabby" Faske (born Faskowitz[1]) in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, New York City.[citation needed] Her family is Jewish.[2][3] Karan's mother had been a model and had also worked in designer Chester Weinberg's showroom. Her father was a tailor and haberdasher who died when Donna was three years old.[1]

Karan and her older sister Gail were raised by their mother in Woodmere, in the Five Towns region of Nassau County, New York.[4][5][6] Donna took pleasure in softball, volleyball, and basketball, cut classes in high school, and passed much of her time in the art department.[7] She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966,[8] and then went to the Parsons School of Design.[9]

Career

An ensemble Karan designed in 1985-86 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

After leaving college, Karan worked for Anne Klein,[10] eventually becoming head of the Anne Klein design-team, where she remained until 1984, when she launched her Donna Karan label.

Sasha Pivovarova in DKNY by Donna Karan

Karan began her career as an assistant designer with Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was promoted to associate designer in 1971. As Klein's assistant, Karan was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show on November 28, 1973. When Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell'Olio, became head designer of the house. In 1984, Karan left Anne Klein and, together with her then husband Stephan Weiss and Takihyo Corporation, started her own business "to design modern clothes for modern people". She showed her first women's clothing collection in 1985.[11]

Karan became well known for her 'Essentials' line, initially offering seven easy pieces centered around the bodysuit which could all be mixed and matched, and created a fully integrated wardrobe with her First Collection in 1985. Karan always insisted that she would design only clothes like jersey dresses and opaque Lycra tights that she would wear herself.[11]

In 1988, Karan, nicknamed The Queen Of Seventh Avenue,[12] extended her women's 'Donna Karan New York' line by creating a less expensive clothing line for younger women, called DKNY. Two years later, she created DKNY Jeans, a denim-inspired collection. DKNY for men was launched in 1992, one year after the 'Signature' line for men had been presented.[13] In 1992, Karan also released her "cold shoulder" dress, a jersey long-sleeved dress which featured deep cutouts at the shoulders to reveal the skin beneath.[14]

Karan left her CEO position in 1997, but continued as chairwoman and designer for the Donna Karan line. After 2002, Karan's designer contributions became less and less.[15] In August 2008, Karan relaunched her discontinued fragrance lines from the 1990s.[citation needed]

DKNY Spring 2012

In 2015, Donna Karan announced that she would be stepping down as head of her eponymous company to focus on her lifestyle brand, Urban Zen, established by Karan in 2007.[16][17]

Awards

Personal life

In 1976, Donna Faske married Mark Karan, with whom she had a daughter. They divorced in 1978. In 1983, she married artist Stephan Weiss, who would later become co-CEO of the Donna Karan company. They had one son. Stephan Weiss died of lung cancer in 2001.[24]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Marzlock, Ron (December 26, 2019). "DKNY founder Donna Karan's life in Kew Gardens". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Johanna Neuman (July–August 2009). "From Ghetto to Glamour, How American Jews Toppled Paris Couture and Redesigned the Fashion Industry". Moment. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via johannaneuman.com.
  3. ^ Hyman & Moore (1997, pp. 26)
  4. ^ Hyde, Nina (May 31, 1985). "Fashion". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  5. ^ Armstrong, Lisa (March 2, 2013). "Donna Karan's creative flow". Fashion. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  6. ^ Lada, Diana (March 1, 2009). "Donna Karan". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  7. ^ "Donna, Karan." Current Biography Yearbook 1990. The H.W. Wilson Company. 1990. p. 352.
  8. ^ "1966 Hewlett High School Yearbook". classmates.com. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  9. ^ "ALUMNI LIST". The New School. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  10. ^ "Donna Karan Biography". biography.com. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Nikas, Joanna (June 4, 2014). "Donna Karan: Milestones". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  12. ^ "Designing Woman Donna Karan". CBS News. CBS Interactive Inc. May 4, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  13. ^ "Donna Karan International Annual Report 2000" (TXT). Sec.gov. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  14. ^ Tuite, Rebecca (2016). "Defining Designs". National Women's History Museum.
  15. ^ "Donna Karan's New Vision". Nymag.com. August 23, 2004. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  16. ^ Friedman, Vanessa; Bernstein, Jacob (June 30, 2015). "Donna Karan Steps Down, in Major Shift for Fashion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  17. ^ "Donna Karan's Zen Comeback". The Wall Street Journal. November 2, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  18. ^ Duka, John (May 27, 1982). "KARAN AND DELL'OLIO VOTED INTO COTY HALL OF FAME". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  19. ^ a b Karan, Donna (October 13, 2015). My Journey. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-88349-5.
  20. ^ "MARC JACOB, DONNA KARAN AMONG THOSE HONORED BY FASHION COUNCIL". Greensboro News and Record. November 24, 1992. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  21. ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". American Academy of Achievement. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  22. ^ "The CFDA Awards: Designers on Display". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  23. ^ "CFDA". cfda.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  24. ^ "Stephen Weiss, husband and business advisor to Donna Karan, loses battle with cancer, aged 62". Vogue. UK. June 11, 2001. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2015.

General and cited references

  • Hyman, Paula E.; Moore, Deborah Dash (1997). Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. New York: American Jewish Historical Society. ISBN 0-4159-1936-3.

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