DKNY (Donna Karan New York) is a new fashion label held by the American designer Donna Karan. Together with her husband Stephen Weiss, she founded the label in 1985 in New York, USA. Karan was born on October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, Queens, USA. She grew up in Long Island and visited in 1966 the New Yorker artist school “Parsons – The New School For Design”.
A lot of inspiration came from Donna’s husband
Donna Karan officiated as head designer and created the distinctive style of DKNY. Her intent was to merge ease and luxurious elements. While she was evolving her 1st collection, Donna Karan orientated herself on the needs of her family. Peculiarly her spouse gave her a lot of inspiration and so Donna Karan was capable to release her first menswear collection “DKNY Men” in 1992.
The opening of their premier flagship store took place in London in 1997. Two years later the famous shop at 550, 7th Avenue in New York followed. At the moment, there are more than 70 DKNY stores worldwide including affiliates in China (Shanghai and Hong Kong), Canada (Montreal and Toronto) and even Dubai.
Timepieces are an large part of the DKNY collection
The products of the company range from clothes to bags, baby stuff and sunglasses and include nearly all kinds of dresses and accessories. Wristwatches are an important part of the DKNY collection, too. Donna Karan sells different collections for ladies and men. A few unisex products are developed by DKNY as well.
Designer wrist watches of DKNY are famous for their attractive price-performance ratio. They are inexpensive and ensure also high quality. All the wristwatches are crafted and constructed with excellent materials like real stainless steel, silver, gold or leather. The so called “stainless steel watches” belong to the most well-known collection DKNY watches. The timepieces are as elegant as their fashion clothes and accessories are. Apropos: Since 2007, timepieces are along with jeans and underclothing the only products of DKNY, that have been online available for men. wrist watches