DKNY is short for Donna Karan New York, which boldly resembles the style of New York. During the 1960s, Donna Karan started her career working for Anne Klein and later took over the management of the company when Anne Klein passed away in 1974. A decade after that, Donna Karan featured her own collection of sophisticatedly designed body huggers, wrapped skirts as well as eveningwear with corsets and named it Donna Karan New York, or in short DKNY. These designs spearheaded her into a renowned designer with her designs often preferred by Hollywood stars. In the year 1989, she launched a product line that was targeted for more casual occasions, and soon after expanded her product range to accessories such as fragrances and even home furniture.

DKNY eyewear is licensed to be produced by Marchon Eyewear, a company which focuses on production and distribution of eyewear with brand names like Calvin Klein, Nike eyeglasses, FENDI as well as DKNY. Marchon Eyewear has their headquarters in the U.S. with manufacturing facilities in Italy, China and Japan, as well as regional headquarters located in Amsterdam and Tokyo. Designing is carried out at Marchon’s design lab in Italy with links to other design branches in U.S., Japan and China.

DKNY eyewear is designed to suit the urban eyeglass wearer with an assortment of various classy designs to match different personalities. There are the metal frame designs stylishly designed to suit and match office wear. Each of these eyeglasses is available in a variety of colors for example, purple, white, brown or café color. Apart from that, plastic framed designs are also produced, with most of them in square thick frames, and engraved with the DKNY logo at the temples. These designs are usually suitable for men, who desire to attain a serious look when at work. Furthermore, half rimmed DKNY eyeglasses with plastic arms which portray the mark of DKNY on the temples, is also part of the DKNY eyeglasses collection.

DKNY sunglasses on the other hand are bold designs, either with rounded frames or squared, with a variety of tinted lenses ranging from brown, blue, beige to black. These sunglasses are targeted towards the urban fashion conscious wearer.