History of DKNY handbags

DKNY stands for "Donna Karan New York" and is a diffusion line from the Donna Karan fashion label.

Donna Karan was born in New York Ny, America. in 1948. Her father was a haberdasher and her mother was a model so it's not all that surprising that Donna felt an attraction to style and fashion.. Unsurprisingly, she had an inherent fascination in fashion and design and once she was of sufficient age attended Parsons School of Design in New York City which is where other famous fashion designers were also trained. Donna Karan decided to leave Parsons to take up a job at the fashion label Anne Klein who at that moment were one of the biggest design organizations in the nation.But, when Anne Klein died in 1974, Donna Karan and Louis Dell'Olio were promoted to joint fashion designers for the label.

Around a decade later, in 1983, Donna launched completely new designer label also known as Anne Klein II. It was the 1st of it's type on the U .S fashion scene as it was the first bridge collection, linking fine quality, trend led garments to the general American public by lowering the sales price to a price that most people could now afford. 2 yrs later, Donna believed the time was right to unveil her own personal label and named it "Donna Karan New York".

"Donna Karan New York" earned plaudits from fashion critics and customers. Donna Karan's outfits were never brash but rather were more subtle and more significantly very, wearable. Donna planned to create a fashion collection with apparel that were for the most part easy to change with each other.

In the late 80's, Karan launched the "DKNY" fashion line. Karan's dream was to create a less expensive diffusion brand that mirrored the New York City street fashion look. The label was urban and inspired by the city and also became very succesful.

A range of accessories were launched from sunglasses to handbags. DKNY handbags are now one of the more popular products from the DKNY accessories collection integrating practicality with fashion and innovative design.