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Ballantine Books
October 2015
On Sale: October 13, 2015
Featuring: Donna Karan
384 pages
ISBN: 1101883499
EAN: 9781101883495
Kindle: B00SEFGTVM
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In this candid memoir, renowned designer Donna Karan
shares intimate details about her lonely childhood, her
four-plus decades in the fashion industry, her two
marriages, motherhood, and her ongoing quest for
self-acceptance and spiritual peace.
Donna Karan
was born into the fashion business—her father was a tailor,
and her mother was a showroom model and Seventh Avenue
saleswoman—yet Karan dreamed of becoming a dancer like
Martha Graham or a singer like Barbra Streisand. Fashion was
her destiny, though. My Journey traces Karan’s early
days as an intern at Anne Klein, the creation of her Seven
Easy Pieces (which forever changed the way working women
dressed), and the meteoric rise of her company. Along with
juicy industry stories, Karan candidly discusses her
difficult mother and traumatic childhood, her turbulent
romantic life, all the loved ones she has lost over the
years, and the personal awakening that occurred just as she
reached the height of professional and financial
success.
That awakening set Karan down a path of
spiritual discovery and self-improvement. From est to
Kabbalah, from silent retreats to leech therapy, Karan tried
everything to find, as she writes, “calm in the chaos.” But
she also reveals how a chaotic life, fueled by endless
curiosity and childlike impulses, helped her design seminal
collections season after season for global powerhouse brands
Donna Karan New York and DKNY. She also details how she has
channeled her creativity (and her urge to solve problems and
nurture others) into philanthropic work, particularly her
early outspoken advocacy for AIDS awareness and research,
and the creation of her Urban Zen Foundation, focusing on
integrated healthcare and education as well as preservation
of culture, which led to her current efforts in
Haiti.
Karan’s life has been crowded with glamorous
characters and adventures around the world. But she
sometimes still feels like that awkward teen from Long
Island who never fit in—which makes her all the more
endearing. Brimming with Karan’s infectious energy, My
Journey is about much more than the fashion world: It is
the story of a young woman whose vision and hard work made
her a role model for women everywhere—a woman who dreamed
big, fought to have it all, broke the rules, and loved
passionately along the way.
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