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“I Think You’d Be Great for Dior”

Although I had an understanding with LVMH, Donna Karan personally had input into the decision about who would be the next chairman and CEO of Donna Karan International. LVMH arranged for us to meet, but the only possible time was July 14–15 because I had planned a family vacation to San Diego and we were leaving on July 15. Donna has a compound on Parrot Cay Island, which is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, and I agreed to fly there en route to my vacation. I took a plane from New York ...

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