Donna Karan Scrapbook By: Martha Herrarte Pd.5 World History H

Childhood Born in Forest Hills, NY but raised in Long Island, NY Born as Donna Faske Mother was a model and father was a haberdasher (fancy way to say salesmen for clothing items) Raised in the fashion world

Education Graduated from Hewlett High School Attended Parsons School of Design But didn’t receive a degree

Work Instead of finishing her degree she went and worked for Anne Klein Later became Co-Designer after Anne’s death Started “Anne Klein II” Later launched DKNY ( Donna Karan New York)

Personal Life Married Mark Karan Had one daughter Gabby Karan Also has a granddaughter Stefanie De Felice Divorced four years later Remarried to Stephan Weiss five years later Stephan helped Donna a lot with her label

Accomplishments First started out small with just women clothing Later did both women and men clothing later designing clothing for teens and children Especially had the help of her daughter for the teen designs

Other Accomplishments She has over 27 stores open Has many collections of clothing She was about 17 different fragrances for both women and men

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