Editor
A graveside service will take place Thursday afternoon for Julius (“Julie”) Stern, Donna Karan Co.’s first president, who died Wednesday at Mt. Sinai Queens. He was 97.
Born Feb. 12, 1925, Stern was best known as “Papa Julie” at the Donna Karan Co., which he joined in 1984 after Donna Karan left Anne Klein to establish her own label. Stern had previously worked with Karan at Anne Klein as senior vice president of merchandising for…
