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Donna Karan
New York
“25 years for a woman by a woman”1990’sBy
Maria Getsemani Arredondo
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Innovative Marketer and World Class Fashion Designer
• Born:– Donna Ivy Faske– On October 2, 1948– In Forest Hills, New York– Jewish American
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The Beginning of an American Icon
• Began career at age 14• Attended the prestigious design school• Took a summer job at Anne Klein
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On Her Own
• First collection launched in 1985
• Introduced the “seven easy pieces”
• Inspired by New York
“to design modern clothes for modern people” – Donna Karan
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Defining the Modern Woman Fall 2000 RTW Spring 2000 RTW
“I design what I feel is missing from my closet” -Donna Karan
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Capturing a New Market
• 1989 Donna Karan Launches DKNY “the pizza to the collection’s caviar” -Donna
Karan
Spring 2003 Fall 2003
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Leaving Her Mark Spring 2010 Fall 2010
“You’ve gotta accent your positive, delete your negative” -Donna Karen
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The 1990’s
• Bold and over the top → minimalism • The evolution of Power Suit• Genocide, cloning, space, war, and the World Wide Wed
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References• http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/donnakaran/• http://fashion-design-schools.net/?p=58• http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/Ja-Kh/Karan-Donna.html• http://www.instyle.com/instyle/fashiondesigners/keymoments/
0,,20225947_donna-karan_20234091,00.html• http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6288/Karan-Donna.html• http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Donna-Karan-
International-Inc-Company-History.html• Steele, Valerie, Women of Fashion: Twentieth-Century Designers,
New York, 1991. • http://www.fashion-era.com/index.htm