Donna Karan

New York

“25 years for a woman by a woman”1990’sBy

Maria Getsemani Arredondo

Innovative Marketer and World Class Fashion Designer

• Born:– Donna Ivy Faske– On October 2, 1948– In Forest Hills, New York– Jewish American

The Beginning of an American Icon

• Began career at age 14• Attended the prestigious design school• Took a summer job at Anne Klein

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

Defining the Modern Woman Fall 2000 RTW Spring 2000 RTW

“I design what I feel is missing from my closet” -Donna Karan

Capturing a New Market

• 1989 Donna Karan Launches DKNY “the pizza to the collection’s caviar” -Donna

Karan

Spring 2003 Fall 2003

Leaving Her Mark Spring 2010 Fall 2010

“You’ve gotta accent your positive, delete your negative” -Donna Karen

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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