While many people think that the letters in “DKNY”, a popular fashion brand, stand for “Don’t Knock New York”, they actually have a more simplistic meaning. The 4 letters correlate to “Donna Karan New York”, which references Donna Karan, the founder of the company in 1984. Karan started her career at Anne Klein, where she worked as head designer for 10 years. After that, she decided to go off on her own to start a company, and DKNY was born.