Donna Karan is such a great designer. I love her fashion!
She's great. Fashion is in her blood. Her mother was a model and her father was a tailor.
I didn't know that. I guess it makes sense that she became a designer.
And she must have known it from an early age. She went straight to design school after high school.
Wow, it seems like it was destiny
Defintely seemed like it. Right after college she went to work for Anne Klein.
She has had quite an incredible career.
, Karan worked for Anne Klein, eventually becoming head of the Anne Klein design-team, where she remained until 1985, when she launched her Donna Karan label.
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
Donna Karan
Donna Karan (born Donna Ivy Faske; October 2, 1948), also known as "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.
Early life.
Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen ("Queenie") and father Gabby Faske in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, New York City. Her family is Jewish. Karan's mother had been a model and had also worked in designer Chester