About

the designers

Calvin Klein is one of America's classic designers, who make Jeans, shirts, a wide range of garments and many other related products in a very typical American style.

He was born on 19th November, 1942, in a poor district of New York. Even as a child of 5 years old, he loved to join his grandmother on her sewing machine. All his sister's friends asked him to make clothes for their dolls. All through his childhood years, he was sketching garments as a hobby.

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The Look

Calvin Klein has been presenting collections for 30 years. He is a most devout modernist, a believer in form-follows-function thinking. Each season his models walk down the catwalk in clothes created as a quiet protest against fashion's outlandish theatricality. He has never dabbled in beaded headgear, animal headdresses, rubber cocktail dresses. So no matter what Gaultier or Galliano are showing, he keeps his palette defiantly muted, his lines aggressively clean, and his style grounded in reality. Calvin Klein's aim, as he himself said, "I want to combine the refinement and elegance of the couture tradition with my belief that clothes should be realistic and wearable." His aim is understated sophistication using luxurious fabrics like silk, suede and cashmere. He uses no fussy detail and uses sober colours that appeal to both men and women. He often takes elements of a man's wardrobe and tailors them for women.

Who Wears It

Owen Wilson, Ashton Kutcher, Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Connolly , Jennifer Aniston, Naomi Watts and Katie Holmes. Oscar-winner Hilary Swank has a close relationship with both Klein and Costa, and has recently modeled for Calvin Klein underwear.

Perfumes

1978 Calvin Klein
1979 Calvin Klein for Men
1981 Calvin
1985 Obsession
1986 Obsession for Men
1988 Eternity
1989 Eternity for Men
1991 Escape
1993 Escape for Men
1995 CK One
1997 CK BE
1998 Contradiction (W)
1999 Contradiction (M)
2000 Truth (W)
2000 Truth (M)
2002 Eternity Rose Blush (W)
2002 Truth Blush (W)
2002 Sheer Obsession (W)
2002 Crave (M)
2003 Eternity Purple Orchid (W)
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