Donna Karan Quotes
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You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not.
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My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.
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I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.
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I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.
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Originally, back in 1992, DKNY started because I couldn't find a pair of jeans. I also wanted to dress my teenage daughter Gabby. So it was the perfect street wardrobe: jeans, anoraks, jumpsuits, boyfriend jackets, sweaters, skirts and dresses. Then DKNY grew into an entire lifestyle concept, including tailored clothes you wear to work.
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Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
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If I weren't doing what I'm doing today... I'd be traveling around the world on the back of a motorcycle.
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Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.
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I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.
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We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.
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I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.
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I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.
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Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.
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Basically, I was a hippie and still am a flower child.
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I think I was a nomad in another life.
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Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.
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Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.
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When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'
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I'm a nature bug.
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Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.
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I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.
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To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter.
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I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.
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I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.