National: June 15, 2001
Stephan Weiss, vice chairman and director of Donna Karan International and husband of designer Donna Karan, died of lung cancer June 10 in New York; Karan credited her husband with being instrumental in growing the company she founded in 1984 and spearheading the company’s recent sale to LVMH Louis Vuitton Mouml;et Hennessey; Weiss was 62...Designer Isaac Mizrahi will host his own cable television series this fall on the Oxygen network; the 30-minute program will be taped in Los Angeles and New York and will feature Mizrahi designing clothing, shopping and swapping home-decorating tips with celebrities, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Bebe Neuwirth and Parker Posey.
