https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Karan

Donna Karan (born October 2, 1948), also known under the alias "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.

Contents [show] Early life[edit] Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen ("Queenie") and father Gabby Faske in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, New York City. The family is Jewish.[1][2] Karan's mother had been a model and had also worked in designer Chester Weinberg's showroom. Her father was a tailor and haberdasher who died when Donna was three years old. Karan and her older sister Gail were raised by their mother in Woodmere, in the Five Towns region of Nassau County, New York.[3][4][5] She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966,[6] and then went to the Parsons School of Design.[7]

Career[edit] After leaving college, Karan worked for Anne Klein,[8] eventually becoming head of the Anne Klein design-team, where she remained until 1985, when she launched her Donna Karan label.

Karan began her career as an assistant designer with Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was promoted to associate designer in 1971. As Klein's assistant, Karan was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show on November 28, 1973. When Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell'Ollio, became head designer of the house. In 1984, Karan left Anne Klein and, together with her then husband Stephan Weiss and Takihyo Corporation, started her own business "to design modern clothes for modern people". She showed her first women's clothing collection in 1985.[citation needed]

Karan became well known for her 'Essentials' line, initially offering seven easy pieces which could all be mixed and matched, and created a fully integrated wardrobe. Karan always insisted that she would only design clothes, like jersey dresses and opaque Lycra tights, that she would also wear herself.[citation needed]

In 1988, Karan, nicknamed The Queen Of Seventh Avenue,[9] extended her women's 'Donna Karan New York' line by creating a less expensive clothing line for younger women, called DKNY. Two years later, she created DKNY Jeans, a denim-inspired collection. DKNY for men was launched in 1992, one year after the 'Signature' line for men had been presented.[10]

Karan left her CEO position in 1997, but continued as chairwoman and designer for the Donna Karan line. After 2002 Karan's designer contributions became less and less.[11] In August 2008, Karan relaunched her discontinued fragrance lines from the 1990s.[citation needed]

DKNY Spring 2012 In 2015, Donna Karan announced that she would be stepping down as head of her eponymous company.[12]

Awards[edit] Karan won the Coty American Fashion Critics’ Award in 1977 and once again in 1982 (together with Louis Dell’Ollio for Anne Klein). She was inducted into the Coty Hall Of Fame in 1984.[13] The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) named her Menswear Designer of the Year 1992 and Womenswear Designer of the Year 1990 and 1996. She was a nominee for the latter again in 2003 and was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the CFDA in 2004. She won special CFDA awards in 1985, 1986 and 1987.[citation needed] Personal life[edit] In the early 1970s Donna Faske married Mark Karan, with whom she had a daughter. They divorced in 1978. In 1983, she married artist Stephan Weiss, who would later become co-CEO of the Donna Karan company. Weiss died of lung cancer in 2001.[14]

Karan's philanthropic work includes the Urban Zen initiative, which she founded with designer Sonja Nuttall.[15] In March 2008, Karan sold personal belongings and vintage company samples to benefit the cause. In October, a foundation run by Karan donated $850,000 to New York's Beth Israel Medical Center.[16]

Karan currently resides in Northwest Harbor (East Hampton), New York, but maintains residences in New York City and the Turks & Caicos Islands.[17]

דונה קארן

' (באנגלית: Donna Karan; נולדה ב-2 באוקטובר 1948) היא מעצבת אופנה יהודיה-אמריקאית, היוצרת של רשת חנויות האופנה "דונה קארן ניו יורק" והמותג "DKNY".

תוכן עניינים 1 ביוגרפיה 1.1 DKNY 2 קישורים חיצוניים 3 הערות שוליים ביוגרפיה נולדה בשם דונה אייבי פאסְק (Donna Ivy Faske) בשכונת פורסט הילס, קווינס, בארצות הברית למשפחה יהודית. בתם של הלן (לבית ריצ'י), אשת מכירות ודוגמנית, וגבי פאסק, בעל חנות סדקית. היא גדלה בודמיר, לונג איילנד בניו יורק, עם אמה ואביה החורג. קארן החלה למכור בגדים בסדרהרסט, בשדרה המרכזית של ניו יורק בגיל 14. סיימה את לימודיה בתיכון היולט בשנת 1966, ולאחר מכן למדה בניו סקול.

בשנת 1970 נישאה למארק קארן, ויחד נולדה בתם גבריאל, המכונה, גבי. גבי נשואה לג'אן פאולו דה פליצ'ה, טייס בחברת התעופה אליטליה ולהם בת אחת, סטפניה.

בשנת 1983 נישאה קארן בשנית למי שהיה בן זוגה בנערותה, הפסל סטפן וייס.

את קריירת האופנה החלה בגיל צעיר כשעבדה עבור ליז קלייבורן ולאחר מכן כמתמחה אצל אן קליין, עבודה שקיבלה תודות לקשריה של אמה. בסופו של דבר קודמה למעצבת בשנת 1971, אולם מספר חודשים לאחר מכן פוטרה בשל התבטאויותיה על קליין, אך כשרונה משך את תשומת לבה של פטי קפאלי שהייתה אחראית למותג "Addenda" (נספחים) ותחת חסותה התפתחה קארן כמעצבת במשך 18 חודשים.

בשנת 1970 חזרה קארן לאן קליין. וכאשר נפטרה קליין בשנת 1974, הפכה למעצבת ראשית בבית קליין וזכתה ב-3 פרסי קוטי (הגרסה של מעצבי האופנה האמריקנית לפרס אוסקר).

בשנת 1984 עזבה קארן את קליין, ויחד עם בעלה סטפן וייס וחברת Takihyo היפנית פתחה עסק משלה במטרה "לעצב בגדים מודרניים לאנשים מודרניים". היא הוציאה את הקולקציה הראשונה שלה לנשים בשנת 1985.

קארן נודעה ביצירת שבעה חלקים בסיסיים שהם היסודות למלתחה, כאשר שילובם יוצר מלתחה שלמה. בנוסף, התעקשה לעצב רק בגדים שהיא בעצמה תלבש.

DKNY בשנת 1988 הגדילה קארן את הקו הנשי בקו פחות יקר בשם DKNY (ראשי תיבות של שמה והעיר ניו יורק), עבור נשים צעירות יותר. שנתיים לאחר מכן יצרה את מותג הג'ינס ובשנת 1992 השיקה את מותג הגברים DKNY. בהמשך יצרה מותג לילדים, קו של מוצרי יופי, אביזרים ורהיטים.

באפריל 2001, הקונצרן הצרפתי LVMH בראשותו של ברנרד ארנו, קנה את דון קארן מבחינה כלכלית, אף על פי שהיא המשיכה כמנכ"לית, תפקיד שמאוחר יותר התפטרה ממנו. באותה השנה נפטר בעלה סטפן וייס מסרטן, לאחר מחלה ממושכת[1].

עבודת הפילנתרופית של קארן כוללת את "יוזמת הזן העירונית"[2]. בחודש מרץ 2008, מכרה קארן חפצים אישיים ודגימות וינטג' לטובת המטרה. בחודש אוקטובר, קרן המנוהלת על ידי קארן תרמה 850,000 דולר למרכז הרפואי בית ישראל בניו יורק[3].

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Karan

Donna Karan (born October 2, 1948), also known under the alias "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.

Contents [show] Early life[edit] Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen ("Queenie") and father Gabby Faske in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, New York City. The family is Jewish.[1][2] Karan's mother had been a model and had also worked in designer Chester Weinberg's showroom. Her father was a tailor and haberdasher who died when Donna was three years old. Karan and her older sister Gail were raised by their mother in Woodmere, in the Five Towns region of Nassau County, New York.[3][4][5] She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966,[6] and then went to the Parsons School of Design.[7]

Career[edit] After leaving college, Karan worked for Anne Klein,[8] eventually becoming head of the Anne Klein design-team, where she remained until 1985, when she launched her Donna Karan label.

Karan began her career as an assistant designer with Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was promoted to associate designer in 1971. As Klein's assistant, Karan was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show on November 28, 1973. When Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell'Ollio, became head designer of the house. In 1984, Karan left Anne Klein and, together with her then husband Stephan Weiss and Takihyo Corporation, started her own business "to design modern clothes for modern people". She showed her first women's clothing collection in 1985.[citation needed]

Karan became well known for her 'Essentials' line, initially offering seven easy pieces which could all be mixed and matched, and created a fully integrated wardrobe. Karan always insisted that she would only design clothes, like jersey dresses and opaque Lycra tights, that she would also wear herself.[citation needed]

In 1988, Karan, nicknamed The Queen Of Seventh Avenue,[9] extended her women's 'Donna Karan New York' line by creating a less expensive clothing line for younger women, called DKNY. Two years later, she created DKNY Jeans, a denim-inspired collection. DKNY for men was launched in 1992, one year after the 'Signature' line for men had been presented.[10]

Karan left her CEO position in 1997, but continued as chairwoman and designer for the Donna Karan line. After 2002 Karan's designer contributions became less and less.[11] In August 2008, Karan relaunched her discontinued fragrance lines from the 1990s.[citation needed]

DKNY Spring 2012 In 2015, Donna Karan announced that she would be stepping down as head of her eponymous company.[12]

Awards[edit] Karan won the Coty American Fashion Critics’ Award in 1977 and once again in 1982 (together with Louis Dell’Ollio for Anne Klein). She was inducted into the Coty Hall Of Fame in 1984.[13] The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) named her Menswear Designer of the Year 1992 and Womenswear Designer of the Year 1990 and 1996. She was a nominee for the latter again in 2003 and was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the CFDA in 2004. She won special CFDA awards in 1985, 1986 and 1987.[citation needed] Personal life[edit] In the early 1970s Donna Faske married Mark Karan, with whom she had a daughter. They divorced in 1978. In 1983, she married artist Stephan Weiss, who would later become co-CEO of the Donna Karan company. Weiss died of lung cancer in 2001.[14]

Karan's philanthropic work includes the Urban Zen initiative, which she founded with designer Sonja Nuttall.[15] In March 2008, Karan sold personal belongings and vintage company samples to benefit the cause. In October, a foundation run by Karan donated $850,000 to New York's Beth Israel Medical Center.[16]

Karan currently resides in Northwest Harbor (East Hampton), New York, but maintains residences in New York City and the Turks & Caicos Islands.[17]