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10 unusual facts about Donna Karan


Abigail Ozora Simpson

Her work is in numerous private collections, including those of singer Annie Lennox and designer Donna Karan.

Capsule wardrobe

The concept of a capsule wardrobe was popularised by American designer Donna Karan in 1985, when she released her "7 Easy Pieces" collection.

Cecile Platovsky

She helped change the movement of women in the fashion industry, along with Donna Karan and Liz Claiborne.

Dimitar Lukanov

In 2003 Dimitar was selected among the Top 100 alumni of all times of the 90-year-old Parsons The New School University of Design among the likes of Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and others.

Donna Karan

Karan's philanthropic work includes the Urban Zen initiative, which she founded with designer Sonja Nuttall.

Emma Harrison

Harrison also appeared in many pop culture magazines, eventually making appearances for many designers, including Donna Karan.

Marija Vujović

She has also walked the catwalk for designers such as Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and Gucci.

Nancy Donahue

She also did some runway work in her early career for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Perry Ellis in New York and Hong Kong.

Rosemary McGrotha

A reoccurring model in Donna Karan's work, McGrowtha appears in almost all of the Karan ads.

Stan Strickland

He was profiled/featured along with Blair Underwood and Lamar Burton in the documentary film Black Man Up, performed at the Sundance Film Festival, at three fashion/fragrance events for fashion designer Donna Karan and at Solstice Sing For Peace.


Badr Jafar

He was assisted by Tomio Taki, a Japanese textile magnate and one-time owner of Donna Karan, Anne Klein, and Issey Miyake.

Bodysuit

Azzedine Alaia and Donna Karan helped make the bodysuit a defining item of eighties fashion for both men and women.

Hans Gissinger

Gissinger has also photographed for worldwide brands such as Jaguar, Condé Nast, Donna Karan, Nike, Ebel, Cartier, Ruinart Champagne, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Neiman Marcus, and Lincoln Mercury.

Moira Forbes

The bi-weekly series features candid, one-on-one interviews with dynamic, notable leaders and has featured guests such as Sheryl Sandberg, Oprah Winfrey, Arianna Huffington, and Donna Karan.

Parsons Dance Company

Parsons Dance has collaborated with many other artists, including Julie Taymor, William Ivey Long, Annie Leibovitz, Donna Karan and Alex Katz.

Robert Lee Morris

Known primarily for his collaborations with leading fashion designers, especially Geoffrey Beene, Karl Lagerfeld, Kansai Yamamoto, Calvin Klein, Anne Klein, Michael Kors, and Donna Karan, Morris has designed Karan's new perfume bottle "Gold" for Estée Lauder.

He has collaborated or designed collections for fashion designers Kansai Yamamoto, Calvin Klein, Anne Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors and Donna Karan.