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I wanted to create something that would live on forever, beyond my time, and out of that came Cashmere Mist.

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Donna Karan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 2
Designer
Fashion Designer
New York City
New York
Donna Ivy Faske
Came
Forever
Wanted
Live
Something
Cashmere
Would
Mist
Time
Beyond
Create

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