LIFESTYLES MAGAZINE AMERICA 2017 ISSUE 2017 | Seite 192

DONN A K ARA N

“Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and
soul,” says Donna Karan, chief designer of the international company that bears her name. “For me,
designing is an expression of who I am as a woman,
with all the complications, feelings and emotions.”

In fact, Karan credits her feminine instincts for the success of the
company she founded in 1984 with her late husband Stephan
Weiss, which went on to become a publicly–traded enterprise in
1996, and then five years later, was acquired by its present owner,
the French luxury conglomerate, LVMH, Moet Hennessy Louis
Vuitton. Says Karan, “that I’m a woman makes me want to nurture others, fulfill needs and solve problems. At the same time, the
artist within me strives for beauty, both sensually and visually.
So design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the
practical with the desira