Donna Karan’s Urban Zen will open a pop-up store at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, offering jewellery, art and home accessories made by Haitian artisans in aid of the MOCA North Miami and the Urban Zen Foundation’s Help & Rebuild Haiti mission. (Also, in the store will be pieces from my Mollye Jewelry Collections available for purchase.)NEW YORK, September 12, 2011
By Nicole PhelpsDonna went tribal for Spring. She's been down this path before, but here she had renewed purpose. Her program notes explained that she's been traveling to Haiti for the last year, post-earthquake, and now her "two worlds come together." Translation: The collection may have its roots elsewhere—the bold brushstroke prints were inspired by the work of the Haitian artist Philippe Dodar—but it's still totally, characteristically urban. Chalk that up to the clingy, body-loving silhouettes of the designer's one-shoulder dresses; the sleek, sports-influenced vibe of fencing jackets and vests; and bold, oversize wooden bangles and necklaces strung with shards of wood and plastic. So well-established are the Donna Karan codes that she can do Grace Kelly ladylike one season (as she did for Fall) and ethnic the next (what we saw on the runway today), and both are equally recognizable as her own.
By Nicole PhelpsDonna went tribal for Spring. She's been down this path before, but here she had renewed purpose. Her program notes explained that she's been traveling to Haiti for the last year, post-earthquake, and now her "two worlds come together." Translation: The collection may have its roots elsewhere—the bold brushstroke prints were inspired by the work of the Haitian artist Philippe Dodar—but it's still totally, characteristically urban. Chalk that up to the clingy, body-loving silhouettes of the designer's one-shoulder dresses; the sleek, sports-influenced vibe of fencing jackets and vests; and bold, oversize wooden bangles and necklaces strung with shards of wood and plastic. So well-established are the Donna Karan codes that she can do Grace Kelly ladylike one season (as she did for Fall) and ethnic the next (what we saw on the runway today), and both are equally recognizable as her own.
