Donna Karan

Female

Born Oct 2, 1948

Age 64

Hometown Forest Hills, Queens

Nationality American

Donna Karan is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.

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Met Costume Gala Celebrating" Punk-Chaos to Couture"

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May 7, 2013

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2013 Tribeca Film Festival - 'Inside Out: The Peoples Art Project' - Arrivals

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Apr 20, 2013

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IWC And Tribeca Film Festival Celebrate 'For The Love Of Cinema' at Urban Zen

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Apr 18, 2013

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2013 Sundance Institute Theatre Program Benefit at Stephen Weiss Studio

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Apr 8, 2013

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New York
Oct 17, 2012
Donna Karan Sighting: New York, New York/ Cipriani, Wall Street

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Eleanor Doughty: Magic Makers: Emma Cook
Huffington Post - 3 days ago

I'm talking about another British designer this week. Derbyshire born Emma Cook is in the hot seat, her print-plentiful collections oozing British brilliance with a sense of humour only to be expected from our fair land. Graduating from Central Saint Martin's MA design-factory her peers included Roksanda Ilincic and Peter Jensen, who she now shares a building space with. Cook moved to New York to gain experience under Donna Karan before upping...
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The Best Dressed Stars At The Met Gala 2013
Huffington Post - May 07, 2013

The 2013 Met Gala is the Super Bowl of red carpets. Unlike more mainstream events like the Academy Awards, this is a night for fashion's brightest stars to take risks -- and did they ever. To wit: Rooney Mara in a Givenchy stunner that perfectly married the theme ("Punk: From Chaos To Couture") with a sexy, ethereal vibe. Sarah Jessica Parker maintained her status as a style icon in a show-stopping gown and mohawk that managed to take the theme and give it an elegant twist. Youn...
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Healthy Hollywood: Wellness Wednesday Donna Karan Hearts Haiti!
Yahoo News - May 01, 2013

Style icon Donna Karan is synonymous with American fashion. The mega successful designer has dressed the world's most beautiful women, like Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore and Ashley Greene. Yet, off the runway, Donna's heart belongs to Haiti.
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Babs Takes The Plunge
Huffington Post - Apr 28, 2013

Barbra Streisand may have turned 71 this past week but she outshone much younger stars at last night's Vanity Fair-Bloomberg post-White House Correspondents Dinner party. The iconic singer wore a dramatically low-cut black dress and embellished the look with a beautiful, green pendant necklace. Hand in hand with husband actor James Brolin, Streisand looked absolutely gorgeous as she chatted up Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter and designer Donna Karan
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1948 Birth Born on October 2, 1948.

TEENAGE

1966 17 Years Old She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966, and then went to the Parsons School of Design. … Read More

TWENTIES

1971 22 Years Old Karan began her career as an assistant designer with Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was eventually promoted to associate designer in 1971.

1974 25 Years Old When Anne Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell'Ollio, became head designer of the house.

1978 29 Years Old Karan is Jewish. She married Mark Karan in the early 1970s, they had a daughter and divorced in 1978.

THIRTIES

1983 34 Years Old In 1983, she married artist Stephan Weiss, who would later become co-CEO of the Donna Karan company. … Read More

1984 35 Years Old 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".

1985 36 Years Old She showed her first women's clothing collection in 1985. … Read More

1988 39 Years Old In 1988, Karan, nicknamed The Queen Of Seventh Avenue, extended her women's 'Donna Karan New York' line by creating a less expensive clothing line for younger women, called DKNY. … Read More

FORTIES

1997 48 Years Old Karan left herCEO position in 1997, but continued as chairwoman and designer for the Donna Karan line.

FIFTIES

2002 53 Years Old After 2002 Karan's designer contributions became less and less.

2008 59 Years Old 2 More Events

In 2008, the animal rights group PETA initiated a campaign against Karan for her company's use of fur in products and her contracted fur farmers' alleged inhumane treatment of animals..

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