Donna Karan, fashion’s greatest champion of women, steps down
Donna Karan is leaving women on their own — to fend for themselves in a fashion industry that all too often does not have their best interest at heart.Seventh Avenue’s greatest advocate for professional women announced Tuesday that she is leaving her signature collection to focus on philanthropy, health care and cultural awareness through her Urban Zen Company and Foundation. The fall 2015 and resort 2016 collections will be the company’s last under Karan’s creative direction. It is, by at least one measure, bittersweet timing. Fall is her best collection in recent years, in which she celebrates a sophisticated and confident woman in an urban landscape dominated by black and gold.Read full article >>