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...most creative people find opportunity in crisis. And this special supplement to Time is dedicated to 12 such individuals?women in the business of style who take innovation seriously and look beyond the runway or the bottom line for ideas that will revolutionize our definition of luxury. Donna Karan has always drawn on her personal needs for inspiration. She started her company in 1984 with a creative solution for stressed-out working women: a wardrobe system, Seven Easy Pieces. Now she's broadening her vision with the Urban Zen initiative, looking for alternative-therapy solutions for patient care. Luxury comes...
...create that élite, high-adrenaline environment with their members-only retail site, gilt.com Every day the site plays host to fashion sales, which, just like the real thing, fling open the doors to the current wares of a single designer?Zac Posen, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Alessandro Dell'Acqua?at insider prices ranging from 50% to 70% off. All sales have a daily start time of noon Eastern and last for a breathless 36 hours. And, of course, only invited guests are privy. (Befriend a member and ask for an invite to join.) "We really prize doing...
...tailored jackets had to pivot awkwardly in their seats to make room for their linebacker shoulder pads. Not since Tess McGill suited up to outwit her boss in Working Girl in 1988 have big shoulders played such a prominent role in fashion. For fall, designers like Michael Kors, Donna Karan and Stefano Pilati of Yves Saint Laurent showed structured jackets, enlisting the signature '80s power tool to try to give shaky consumers some self-assurance--and, they hope, a reason to shop...
...Donna Karan is known for having revolutionized the working woman's wardrobe with her sleek urban clothes. But recently, Karan has been honing another concept in the loft-like Greenwich Village space that once housed her late husband's studio. Urban Zen Foundation is Karan's new philanthropic venture that hopes to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of advancing well-being, empowering children and preserving cultures. Alongside the Foundation is Karan's new retail concept, Urban Zen, where she sells a mix of her own creations and objects she has culled on trips around the world. Karan...
...Visitors who make a minimum $50 donation to the school will have their names carved - like recent visitor Donna Karan's - on one of 2,630 bamboo poles used to construct Heart of School, a central library and meeting facility. At 60 ft. tall (18 m), it will be one of the world's largest all-bamboo buildings when completed in March...