Donna Karan's unique women's clothing designs continue to be at the fashion forefront.

Here's what Robin Givhan has to say about Donna Karan during Fashion Week in New York;

"More of the younger designers should take a lesson from Karan, who identified a specific kind of woman for whom she wanted to design. She didn't choose some mythical creature who spends her time on private jets jumping from St. Barts to Saint. Tropez to Aspen and back again....

From the beginning, Karan spoke most profoundly to a high-end professional woman who did not want to navigate her business life dressed in a stiff suit and floppy bow tie. Karan gave that woman business clothes that left her femininity intact. Over the years, her audience has expanded far beyond that. But Karan's message has remained distinct.

Her collection for spring is filled with silk and jersey dresses that wrap around the body, as well as airy caftans. These aren't work clothes but they are the kind of garments that her professional women might like to wear in their downtime. Karan has a knack for being able to blend luxury and ease into an almost rustic, barefoot sensibility. She creates clothes for women who are too complicated to settle for pretty...

There is no other designer whose personal style is so wholly reflected in her work. When Karan takes her bows, she wears clothes from the collection. She doesn't send out miniskirts and halter tops and then appear in a caftan. On Friday afternoon she wore a slouchy, sleeveless olive dress with a Sherpa bag slung across her shoulders. She looked comfortable. She looked as though she had picked up the bag from some interesting trip abroad. She looked rich. She looked a lot more interesting than just 'pretty.'"