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Christy Turlington and Donna Karan.Ron Galella, Ltd./Getty ImagesI’m not the Fuk sake shirt also I will do this only one searching for Donna. Marie Laboucarié of Nina Gabanna vintage has been collecting Karan’s designs (as well her DKNY creations) alongside her Roberto Cavalli and Stella McCartney–era finds because “she incarnates the image of elegance in fashion in NYC in the ’90s.” Brandon Giordano, the coowner of the Chinatown vintage store James Veloria, has been on the hunt. He’s been sending me pictures of his classic, solid-color Karan finds for the vintage store. Of course, there are the signatures that put Karan on the map: Kevlar-status leathers, classic bodysuits, and wrap skirts. But Karan is not without wild cards. Giordano found a sheer gown from spring 2002 with swirling boning at the skirt (“It creates a 3D silhouette) and a silk fringe dress in baby blue from spring 1999 (“It moves really beautifully”). “Those more complicated pieces were surprisingly easy to wear with stretch fabrics in all the right places,” says Giordano. Even those fancy things are made to be worn comfortably. According to Giordano, they can’t keep the designer’s pieces on the shelves. In fact, a perpetually paparazzi’d veteran model recently popped in to buy a few of Karan’s leather pieces.
Brandon Giordano of James Veloria in his Donna Karan finds. There’s been a bit of that big-D moment beyond fashion. Consultant Mellany Sanchez texted me lyrics to Nicki Minaj’s brand new song, “Red Ruby Da Sleaze”: “We don’t be Karen like Donna-na, na-na-na-na”. On TikTok, hundreds of people are raving about Donna Karan Cashmere Mist. The deodorant is based on Karan’s popular Cashmere Mist Eau de Toilette that she launched in 1994, with notes of Moroccan jasmine and sandalwood. According to Google Trends, there’s also an uptick in searches for her perfume Chaos 1996, which was discontinued in 2002. (Used bottles, some containing a thimble worth of scent, are up for grabs on eBay for $150 upward.) If you are in your late 20s to mid-30s, you may remember your mother dousing herself in the Fuk sake shirt also I will do this fresh stuff at the time.
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