DKNY is a younger, more affordable diffusion line founded in 1989 by fashion designer Donna Karan in New York City. Inspired by her daughter, Donna Karan created DKNY to run alongside her higher-end Donna Karan New York label. DKNY has since opened stores globally and was purchased by LVMH in 2001, with its headquarters located in Manhattan, New York.

2.  DKNY (Donna Karan New York) is a label of fashion designer
Donna Karan. It is also the name of a clothing store in New York
City featuring Donna Karan's associated line.
 Inspired by her daughter Gaby, Donna Karan founded DKNY in
1989 in New York as a younger, more affordable diffusion line to
run alongside her existing Donna Karan New York label. DKNY
became a publicly-traded venture in 1996, and 2001, was
purchased by French corporation Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey.
 Stores opened in London in 1997 and New York City in 1999. The
DKNY headquarters is located at 550 Seventh Avenue in
Manhattan, New York. There are currently seventy Donna Karan
collection and DKNY stores globally, including twenty stores in
China including Hong Kong and Shanghai, two stores in Canada
including Vancouver, B.C. and Montreal, four in Dubai. DKNY
has also opened some stores in Wales. Since 2005, Donna Karan
has offered online shopping of its DKNY and associated lines at
the label's web site