Diane von Furstenberg Has No Regrets: ‘I Will Laugh When I Die’

Capri C.E.O. John Idol , who has achieved some of the most impressive financial exits in fashion history. After a few formative years as group president of Ralph Lauren, Idol took over as C.E.O. of Donna Karan, which he helped sell to LVMH for $243 million in 2001. A year later, along with investors Lawrence Stroll and Silas Chou , who already owne... See more

You have a particular definition of business: “An experiment in survival involving money and the creative impulse.” For a lot of people, the idea that you can be capitalism-critical yet pro-

business is a tricky tension or paradox. Can you speak to that?

JA: My work exists not as an endorsement of or a reinvestment in the business paradigm. It’s mor... See more