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Donna Karan announced today that she will be stepping down as chief designer of Donna Karan International to devote more time to her stand-alone Urban Zen brand, and to her charitable causes.
June 30, 2015
Donna Karan International Inc. said Monday that Donna Karan will relinquish daily oversight of the foundering retailer to a Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. executive and concentrate on designing her namesake clothes and accessories.
July 29, 1997
Business
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the biggest luxury-goods company, agreed Monday to pay $450 million for the rights to Donna Karan’s brands and offered to buy the New York designer’s namesake company for $195 million.
Dec. 19, 2000
The Scene: Hollywood-style adulation at the fashionable feet (strappy black platform boots) of New York design star Donna Karan, who brought her new men’s collection, women’s collection, DKNY collection and lingerie collection to Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills Tuesday night to benefit Aids Project Los Angeles.
Sept. 17, 1992
Real Estate
Fashion designer Donna Karan has put a seven-acre beachfront property on Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands up for sale at $39 million.
Oct. 24, 2014
“Every time I come here I ask Donna why she doesn’t live here,” remarked Vera Wang of the rooftop garden oasis of Donna Karan’s New York Urban Zen Foundation headquarters.
June 8, 2017
The fashion industry has become enmeshed in the Harvey Weinstein scandal — thanks to Donna Karan.
Oct. 10, 2017
Fashion retailer Donna Karan International Inc. said Monday it plans to open a Donna Karan New York store at South Coast Plaza in March 2001.
Sept. 12, 2000
Donna Karan International Inc. was sued by a group representing immigrant Chinese garment workers who claim the upscale fashion house demands that they toil long hours in midtown Manhattan factories for little or no overtime pay.
June 8, 2000
Donna Karan’s inspiration often includes far-flung locales such as Africa, Bali and Haiti, but it always comes back to New York City.
Sept. 9, 2014