Donna Karan Steps Down as Chief Designer for DKNY

— -- Fashion designer Donna Karan has made a personal decision to step down as chief designer for Donna Karan New York (DKNY), the New York-based international fashion house announced today.

Karan, who spent the last three decades revolutionizing "the working woman's wardrobe" for DKNY, will now be taking on an advisory role to focus on her Urban Zen Company and foundation, which she founded in 2007, DKNY announced on social media today.

Urban Zen, a nonprofit organization committed to improving the healing and treatment experience for patients and families, was founded after Karan said she was disappointed by the health care her husband received while undergoing treatment for lung cancer, she said in a previous interview with Stand Up to Cancer.