Donn Karan is one of the most intellectual fashion designers, born on October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, New York. She grew up in Hewlett, Long Island with her stepfather who was a tailor and her mother who was a model. She was graduated from the Hewlett High School in 1966 and then she went on to Parsons the New School for Design for two years.
Karan is the founder of many charities including, most recently, the Urban Zen initiative. On March 14 and 15 2008, Karan organized a huge sale of her personal belongings and vintage company samples at her late husband's studio to benefit the cause. The couture Donna Karan Signature line for men, which was comparable to the men's line of Calvin Klein Collection, has been pulled from the market
Donna Karan announced in April 2001, that she had sold her company, Donna Karan International, to French luxury conglomerate LVMH for almost $250 million in cash. The company has previously acquired Karan's license-holding company, Gabrielle Studio, bringing the total value of the sale to $643 million. Following the news, LVMH decided to relocate these American companies to Italy.
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