The Bess Jenkins Club met recently at the Pine Bluff Country Club.
President Margie Hart introduced Rosemary Baird, who presented the program on fashion designer, Donna Karan.
Karan was born several years after the end of World War II in Forest Hill, N.Y., into a family active in the fashion world — her father being a tailor and her mother a model.
After high school, Karan attended the Parsons School of Design for two years, then worked for Anne Klein where, in time, she became head designer. Her innovative ideas and artistic skills led her to finding a place in the booming fashion industry, in which she had been interested since childhood. In 1985, she launched her own line, DKNY, a line well-known globally and the recipient of many awards through the years. Her line was originally limited to women’s wear, but later grew to include men’s wear, children’s and infants, fragrances, accessories and luxury items and includes her own shops in shopping malls around the country.
After the program, hostesses Ann Thompson, Pat Crain, Barbara Joseph and Martha Patton served coffee and apple dumplings with caramel sauce at tables decorated with fall leaves, pumpkins and pilgrim figurines.
Everyone was reminded of the Christmas luncheon.