August 28, 2011 |
FROM THE VAULT (SUMMER 2011)
NAME: Donna Karan.
AGE: 62.
OCCUPATION: chief designer, Donna Karan New York; founder, Urban Zen.
FIRST JOB IN FASHION?
“Sherri’s Boutique, Long Island, NY.”
WHAT’S NEW?
“Anything I haven’t done.”
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?
“I was born into fashion. My father was a tailor, my mother a showroom model.”
CAN YOU MULTITASK?
“I never stop thinking. I’m always creating, always moving forward.”
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ON YOUR EPITAPH?
“‘I created, connected and collaborated with passion.’”
DO YOU GET RECOGNISED ON THE STREET?
“Yes – people always tell me I look so much better in person.”
WAS THERE A PARTICULAR POINT WHEN YOU STARTED TO GET AMBITIOUS?
“Ambition doesn’t drive me, creative problem solving does.”
HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN ALL ABOUT FASHION?
“For me, it’s always been about the totality of a woman, dressing her and addressing her from inside out.”
HAVE YOU EVER LIED IN AN INTERVIEW?
“I don’t know how to lie.”
CAN YOU WRAP YOUR LEGS AROUND YOUR NECK LIKE JANICE DICKINSON?
“Yes, I’m a yogi.”
by Natalie Dembinska
