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I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

Donna Karan

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Donna Karan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 2
Designer
Fashion Designer
New York City
New York
Donna Ivy Faske
World
Promote
York
Rather
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Else
Anything
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