He noted that Stern held a similar position earlier at Anne Klein. They fought but almost the way you would fight with your kids. “Donna really looked up to him, almost as a father figure. “He was always a critical component of making the collection work,” he said.Īsked how Karan and Stern worked together, Ruzow recalled that Stern would ask: “Why do we need 40 shades of red cashmere, wouldn’t six be enough?” He said that Stern was basically responsible for everything that had to do with Donna’s women’s collection from buying the fabric, working with Donna on colors and being responsible for production. He was able to work extremely well with Donna which was not easy,” said Ruzow. Stephen Ruzow, former president and chief operating officer of Donna Karan International, recalled that Stern was running the women’s collection business as president when he got there in 1989. Patti Cohen, who was executive vice president of global communications and public relations at Donna Karan added, “We would go to him for everything.” He got there at 6 a.m., while she was having contractions, and she gave him notes about the clothes. When he asked wasn’t her husband going to be there to help her, Karan said she wanted to give Stern notes. in the morning and asked him to come over. Karan and Stern were so connected that when Karan went into labor with her daughter, Gabby, she called Stern at 5 a.m. Stern began handling Karan’s presidential duties while also finishing up his job at Anne Klein. was financed by Takihyo Co., a Japanese textile and apparel firm whose chairman was Tomio Taki, which was the majority owner of Anne Klein & Co., Frank Mori, president of Anne Klein & Co., and Karan. At that time, Karan was named chief executive officer, and before that had been jointly designing Anne Klein with Louis Dell’Olio. In 1984, when Karan left Anne Klein to establish her own label, Stern came with her as president of The Donna Karan Co., even before the first line was shown. No matter how old he was, he had all the energy and all the love,” she said. “He was my right arm, my left arm, he was my everything. She noted that Stern was an expert in fabrics “and I’m like a fabric nut,” she said. I was a baby then,” said Karan, who started designing under her own collection at 26 years old. After I left Anne Klein, they let me take one person and it was Stern, and he became my president.” “If anybody in my life really followed and cared for me, it was Julie. “He had a wonderful life,” said Donna Karan Thursday. It does not store any personal data.Backstage at Gabriela Hearst RTW Spring 2023 The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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