Calvin Klein (fashion house)

Calvin Klein was one of several design leaders raised in the Jewish community in the Bronx, along with Robert Denning and Ralph Lauren.{{cite web |url=http://www.fashiondesign.org/calvin-klein.php |title=Calvin Klein Fashion - Designer Profile |publisher=Fashiondesign.org |date= |accessdate=2022-08-02 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116031528/http://www.fashiondesign.org/calvin-klein.php |url-status=live }} He became a protégé of Baron de Gunzburg.{{cite web|url=http://cityfile.com/profiles/calvin-klein|title=Calvin j|publisher=Citylife.com|access-date=January 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901185806/http://cityfile.com/profiles/calvin-klein|archive-date=September 1, 2009}}

In 1968, Klein founded Calvin Klein Limited, a coat shop in the York Hotel in New York City, with $10,000.{{cite news|last=Grant|first=Linda|title=Can Calvin Klein Escape? : He Built an Empire on Raunch and Elegance. Then, Overpriced Jeans and Junk-Bond Debt Pushed It to the Edge. But Look Out, Here Comes His Spring Collection.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-23-tm-4945-story.html|access-date=September 12, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 23, 1992|archive-date=April 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412202244/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-23/magazine/tm-4945_1_calvin-klein|url-status=live}}{{cite book|author=MobileReference|title=100 Most Influential Jews of All Times (Mobi History)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGcWQHTtH4kC&pg=PT77|access-date=November 24, 2012|year=2007|publisher=MobileReference|isbn=978-1-60501-125-7|pages=77–}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The first Calvin Klein collection was a line of "youthful, understated coats and dresses" featured at the New York City store Bonwit Teller.

In September 1969, Klein appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine.{{cite book|author=Valerie Steele|title=The Berg Companion to Fashion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_3qzO6NTqcC&pg=PA463|access-date=November 24, 2012|year= 2010|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-84788-563-0|pages=463–65}}

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In 1973, he received his first Coty American Fashion Critics' Award for his 74-piece womenswear collection – the youngest recipient at that time. Klein won the award again in 1974 and 1975. By 1977, annual revenues had increased to $30 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|30|1977|fmt=c}} million in {{currentyear}}), and Klein had licenses for scarves, shoes, belts, furs, sunglasses, and bedsheets. Klein and Schwartz were making $4 million each. After the company signed licenses for cosmetics, jeans, and menswear, Klein's annual retail volume was estimated{{by whom|date=January 2013}} at $100 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|100|1977|fmt=c}} million in {{currentyear}}). In 1978, Klein claimed sales of 200,000 pairs of his famous jeans the first week they were on the market. By 1981, Fortune figured Klein's annual income at $8.5 million. In the mid-1970s, he had created a designer-jeans craze by putting his name on the back pocket. Klein's design assistant at the time, Jeffrey Banks, has claimed credit for the logo garments, stating that he had the logo from a press folder silkscreened onto the sleeve of a brown T-shirt as a present for Klein.{{cite book|last=Manlow|first=Veronica|title=Designing clothes : culture and organization of the fashion industry |year=2009 |publisher=Transaction Pub|location=New Brunswick, [N.J.]|isbn=9781412810555 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRHUOxramGEC&pg=PA99|edition=1st pbk.}} The gift was assumed by Schwartz to be part of the upcoming line, and similar logo shirts formed the uniform for the front-of-house staff at Klein's next catwalk show, leading to buyer demand.

The American market of men's underwear was changed – from one where most men's underwear was white, purchased in packs of three by a "wife, mother or girlfriend when they needed to be" to one where "the American male [cares] about the brand of something few ever see".{{cite book|author=Lisa Marsh|title=The House of Klein: Fashion, Controversy, and a Business Obsession|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2F8sW9KQ2gAC|access-date=October 27, 2012|year=2004|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-471-47895-9|pages=47–52}}

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Although the company almost faced bankruptcy in 1992, Calvin Klein managed to regain and increase the profitability of his empire throughout the later 1990s, mainly through the success of its highly popular underwear and fragrance lines, as well as the ck sportswear line. During his 1990–1995 stint as Calvin Klein's head of menswear design, John Varvatos pioneered a type of men's underwear called boxer briefs, a hybrid of boxer shorts and briefs.{{cite web |url=http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2010/09/01/rock-steady/ |title=Rock Steady |first=Aaron |last=Gell |publisher=Hemispheres |date=September 1, 2010 |access-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404154547/http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2010/09/01/rock-steady/ |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }} Made famous by a series of 1992 print ads featuring Mark "Marky Mark" Wahlberg,{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Eric |title=Stretching a Six-Pack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/fashion/13calvin.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 29, 2014 |date=May 12, 2010 |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222121301/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/fashion/13calvin.html |url-status=live }} they have been called "one of the greatest apparel revolutions of the century."

In mid-December 2002, Calvin Klein Inc. (CKI) was sold to Phillips Van Heusen Corp (PVH),{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/business/calvin-klein-selling-his-company-to-biggest-shirtmaker-in-the-us.html|title=Calvin Klein Selling His Company To Biggest Shirtmaker in the U.S.|last=Rozhon|first=Tracie|date=December 18, 2002|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=January 13, 2009|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222111051/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/business/calvin-klein-selling-his-company-to-biggest-shirtmaker-in-the-us.html|url-status=live}} whose then CEO Bruce Klatsky{{cite web|title=Bruce J Klatsky, Gazal Corp Ltd: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1442862|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Bloomberg.com|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007182615/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1442862|url-status=live}} was the driving force behind the deal, for about $400 million in cash, $30 million in stock as well as licensing rights and royalties linked to revenues over the following 15 years that were estimated at $200 to $300 million.{{cite news|last=Marsh|first=Lisa|title=Phillips-Van Heusen Snags Calvin for $400M in Cash|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/item_ISyCTymMCskQQe3gsYWs8L|access-date=September 12, 2012|newspaper=New York Post|date=December 18, 2002|archive-date=May 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529075623/https://nypost.com/2002/12/18/phillips-van-heusen-snags-calvin-for-400m-in-cash/|url-status=live}}

PVH outbid VF Corp., the maker of Lee and Wrangler jeans, which had also been interested in the jeans, underwear and swimwear business of CK that had been controlled by Warnaco Group, maker of Speedo swimwear in the US, since 1997. The deal with PVH did not include these businesses, and they remained with Warnaco. Unable to pay debts from acquisitions and licensing agreements and due to bad publicity by a later dismissed lawsuit with Calvin Klein over selling license products to retailers other than agreed upon with Calvin Klein, Warnaco had filed for chapter 11 protection in mid-2001 but eventually emerged from bankruptcy in February 2003.{{cite news|title=Warnaco Group Emerges from Bankruptcy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/business/company-news-warnaco-group-emerges-from-bankruptcy.html|access-date=September 12, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=February 5, 2003|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222110634/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/business/company-news-warnaco-group-emerges-from-bankruptcy.html|url-status=live}}

The transaction between Calvin Klein and PVH was financially supported by Apax Partners Inc., a New York private equity firm, which is said to have made a $250 million equity investment in PVH convertible preferred stock, as well as a $125 million, two-year secured note, all in exchange for seats on the board of PVH.{{cite news|title=Phillips-Van Heusen buttons up purchase of Calvin Klein|newspaper=Agence France Presse|date=December 17, 2002}}

Upon the acquisition of Calvin Klein, Phillips-Van Heusen announced plans of launching a new men's sportswear collection that rivals Ralph Lauren's collection. This line is produced by Van Heusen.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/business/calvin-klein-selling-his-company-to-biggest-shirtmaker-in-the-us.html|title=Calvin Klein Selling His Company To Biggest Shirtmaker in the U.S.|last=Rozhon|first=Tracie|date=December 18, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 2, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222111051/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/business/calvin-klein-selling-his-company-to-biggest-shirtmaker-in-the-us.html|url-status=live}}

In a 2010 report, PVH, which manages the ready-to-wear activities, had estimated sales of over $5 billion for Calvin Klein products.{{cite book|title=Luxury Brand Management|author=Chevalier, Michel|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2012|isbn=978-1-118-17176-9|location=Singapore}}

In February 2013, Warnaco Group was acquired by PVH for {{US$|2.8 billion}}, which united Calvin Klein formal, underwear, jeans and sportswear lines.{{cite news|title=PVH unites Calvin Klein lines in $2.8 billion deal|work=Reuters.com|publisher=Thomson Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-warnaco-pvh-idUSBRE89U0FW20121031|access-date=October 31, 2012|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924171722/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-warnaco-pvh-idUSBRE89U0FW20121031|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pvh.com/|title=PVH Corp.|website=www.pvh.com|access-date=September 9, 2013|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221183215/https://www.pvh.com/|url-status=live}}

In 2020, PVH announced that as part of their animal welfare policy, the company does not use exotic skins and would be banning their use in Calvin Klein collections when "our annual update of that policy is released."Rosemary Feitelberg,"PVH Corp. Said to Agree to Stop Using Exotic Skins, After Appeals by PETA," [https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/pvh-corp-said-to-agree-to-stop-using-exotic-skins-after-appeals-by-peta-1234579009/ WWD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910205504/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/pvh-corp-said-to-agree-to-stop-using-exotic-skins-after-appeals-by-peta-1234579009/ |date=September 10, 2020 }}, 10 September 2020.

The most visible brand names in the Calvin Klein portfolio include:

• Calvin Klein Collection (black label, upscale top-end designer line, renamed to "Calvin Klein 205W39NYC" in 2017, discontinued in 2019, to be revived in 2025)
• ck Calvin Klein (grey label, recently repositioned as bridge collection line; licensed to Warnaco Group, Inc. through at least 2044.{{cite web |url=http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/100302/WARNACO-GROUP-INC-DE-_10-K/ |title=WARNACO GROUP INC/ DE/ CIK#: 0000801351 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927100534/http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/100302/WARNACO-GROUP-INC-DE-_10-K/ |url-status=dead }} PVH acquired Warnaco Group in February 2013)
• Calvin Klein (white label, basic fashion better sportswear line)
• Calvin Klein Sport (sports version of the white label line for Macy's)
• Calvin Klein Jeans (denimwear line; licensed to Warnaco Group through at least 2044. PVH acquired Warnaco Group in February 2013)
• Calvin Klein Home (high end bedding, towel, bath rug and accessory collections)
• The Khaki Collection (youthful medium to high end bedding, towel, bath rug and accessories) discontinued in 2008
• Calvin Klein Golf (launched in late 2007)
• Calvin Klein Underwear (underwear collections; licensed to Warnaco Group through at least 2044. PVH acquired Warnaco Group in February 2013)
• CK one Lifestyle brand (fragrance, underwear, jeans—launched 2011){{cite news|last=Ella|first=Alexander|title=Ck One Lifestyle|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2010/09/27/ck-one-is-made-a-lifestyle-brand|access-date=September 12, 2012|newspaper=Vogue|date=September 27, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193426/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2010/09/27/ck-one-is-made-a-lifestyle-brand|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Calvin Klein fragrances|newspaper=Household & Personal Products Industry|date=September 1, 2011}}
• Calvin Klein Watches + Jewelry (watches launched in 1997, jewelry in 2004)

For details, see Current brands and licenses.

Calvin Klein has various lines of perfumes and colognes, including Obsession, CK Be, and Eternity. Until May 2005, their perfumes and the corresponding fragrance lines were maintained by Calvin Klein Cosmetics Company (CKCC), a Unilever company. Cosmetics giant Coty, Inc. of New York bought the fragrance licensing agreements from Unilever.

Like other fashion brands, Calvin Klein established a monogram: the "ck" emblem.{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Marylin|title=Monograms: Initially Rated|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=September 7, 2003}}

As of 2012, the top three licensees were:

• Warnaco Group – 40% of license royalties, which is "around $100 million"
• Coty – 12% of license royalties
• G-III Apparel Group – 14% of license royalties

When Calvin Klein was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2003, Francisco Costa was appointed the Women's Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection. Costa had already worked with Klein directly before the founder's departure from the company, and had taken the director position in 2003.{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/08/LVGB1IOH0F.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | first=Sylvia | last=Rubin | title=Calvin Klein successor Francisco Costa | date=May 12, 2011}}

Italo Zucchelli, a former Jil Sander and Romeo Gigli designer, had collaborated with Calvin Klein for six seasons before he became head designer and Men's Creative Director of the Calvin Klein Collection menswear line in spring 2004.{{cite magazine|last1=Yotka|first1=Steff|title=Francisco Costa and Italo Zucchelli Are Leaving Calvin Klein|url=http://www.vogue.com/article/francsico-costa-italo-zucchelli-leave-calvin-klein|magazine=Vogue|date=April 19, 2016|access-date=April 21, 2017|archive-date=April 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422033959/http://www.vogue.com/article/francsico-costa-italo-zucchelli-leave-calvin-klein|url-status=live}}

In April 2016, it was announced that Francisco Costa and Italo Zucchelli would be leaving the company.

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In August 2016, Calvin Klein, Inc. announced the appointment of Raf Simons as Chief Creative Officer of the brand, overseeing all aspects of design, global market and communications, and visual creative services. Simons assumed the creative strategy of the Calvin Klein brand globally across the company's ready to wear, bridge, sportswear, jeans, underwear and home lines. Pieter Mulier was also announced as Creative Director, reporting directly to Simons and responsible for executing his creative and design vision for men's and women's ready to wear, bridge and better apparel and accessories. It was also announced that Kevin Carrigan resigned from the company for a creative role at Ralph Lauren.{{cite web|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/kevin-carrigan-resigns-calvin-klein-raf-simons-10502074/|title=Kevin Carrigan Resigns at Calvin Klein|last1=Lockwood|first1=Lisa|date=August 4, 2016|website=WWD|language=en|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125184642/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/kevin-carrigan-resigns-calvin-klein-raf-simons-10502074/|url-status=live}} Simons's first collections debuted for the Fall 2017 season.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/raf-simons-takes-over-calvin-klein-new-chief-creative-officer.html|title=Raf Simons Takes Over Calvin Klein|date=August 2, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2016|archive-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803185518/http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/raf-simons-takes-over-calvin-klein-new-chief-creative-officer.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2016, it was announced that Amy Mellen would leave the company.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/fashion/raf-simons-calvin-klein-new-york-fashion-week.html|title=Can Raf Simons Reinvent Calvin Klein?|last=Schneier|first=Matthew|date=February 9, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 1, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930223947/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/fashion/raf-simons-calvin-klein-new-york-fashion-week.html|url-status=live}}

In January 2017, it was announced that Clémande Burgevin Blachman would assume the role of Vice President of Design for Calvin Klein Home.{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/calvin-klein-home-names-vp-of-design-10753266/|title=Calvin Klein Home Names VP of Design|last=Lockwood|first=Lisa|date=January 18, 2017|work=WWD|access-date=October 1, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001222337/http://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/calvin-klein-home-names-vp-of-design-10753266/|url-status=live}}

In December 2018, it was announced that Raf Simons had parted from Calvin Klein after only two years at the company.{{cite web|url = https://www.vogue.com/article/raf-simons-departs-calvin-klein|title = Raf Simons Departs Calvin Klein|date = 22 December 2018|access-date = March 4, 2019|archive-date = October 21, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201021224252/https://www.vogue.com/article/raf-simons-departs-calvin-klein|url-status = live}}

In November 2020, Jessica Lomax was appointed Global Head of Design, leading Calvin Klein's global design strategy and providing creative direction across all areas of the business.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-11-18/calvin-klein-inc-appoints-jessica-lomax-as-global-head-of-design | title=Calvin Klein, Inc. Appoints Jessica Lomax as Global Head of Design | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=18 November 2020 | archive-date=October 28, 2021 | access-date=October 15, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028174922/https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-11-18/calvin-klein-inc-appoints-jessica-lomax-as-global-head-of-design | url-status=live }}

In May 2024, Calvin Klein appointed Veronica Leoni Creative Director of the brand's newly revived Collection line.{{Cite web |title=Calvin Klein nomme Veronica Leoni directrice créative des collections |url=https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Calvin-klein-nomme-veronica-leoni-directrice-creative-des-collections,1637258.html |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=Fashion Network |date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603134122/https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Calvin-klein-nomme-veronica-leoni-directrice-creative-des-collections,1637258.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Veronica Leoni est la nouvelle directrice artistique de Calvin Klein Collection |url=https://www.vogue.fr/article/veronica-leoni-nouvelle-directrice-artistique-calvin-klein-collection |access-date=18 June 2024 |website=Vogue|date=May 30, 2024 }}

Calvin Klein has filmed advertising and social media campaigns with a network of celebrities, some of whom also serve as brand ambassadors. Their brand ambassadors include: Kendall Jenner, Jennie, Hailey and Justin Bieber, Disha Patani, Jung Ho-yeon, Bella Hadid, Kaia Gerber, Jungkook, Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein (as NewJeans and later NJZ) and Mingyu.{{cite web|url=https://fashionista.com/2023/08/calvin-klein-fall-2023-campaign-jennie-jung-kook-kendall-jenner|title=JENNIE, JUNG KOOK, KENDALL JENNER AND MORE STAR IN CALVIN KLEIN'S FALL 2023 CAMPAIGN|date=August 14, 2023 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.themediaeye.com/News/780ae339-dd29-4de0-be1e-b0ad008fec90|title=Hailey Bieber for Calvin Klein|access-date=December 29, 2023|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229225141/https://www.themediaeye.com/News/780ae339-dd29-4de0-be1e-b0ad008fec90|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/justin-bieber-becomes-face-of-calvin-klein-2015-1|title=Justin Bieber Has Become The New Face — And Pretty Much Every Other Body Part — Of Calvin Klein|website=Business Insider|access-date=December 29, 2023|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229225139/https://www.businessinsider.com/justin-bieber-becomes-face-of-calvin-klein-2015-1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://lacenlingerie.com/disha-patani-sets-instagram-on-fire-while-promoting-calvin-klein|title=Disha Patani sets Instagram on fire while promoting Calvin Klein|work=Lingerie Brands India |date=January 28, 2020|access-date=December 29, 2023|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229225140/https://lacenlingerie.com/disha-patani-sets-instagram-on-fire-while-promoting-calvin-klein/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a38483710/hoyeon-jung-calvin-klein-social-takeover|title=Squid Game Star HoYeon Jung Takes Over Calvin Klein's Socials|date=December 10, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101231702/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a38483710/hoyeon-jung-calvin-klein-social-takeover/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1696171/lifestyle|title=Bella Hadid is the star of Calvin Klein's new swim campaign|date=June 27, 2020|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234452/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1696171/lifestyle|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kaia-gerber-just-posted-photo-000000957.html|title=Kaia Gerber Just Posted a Photo In This Iconic $15 Sports Bra|date=February 10, 2022|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234452/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kaia-gerber-just-posted-photo-000000957.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Jungkook's Brand Ambassadorship Continues with Spring 2024 Calvin Klein Jeans Campaign |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/18/jungkook-calvin-klein-ambassadorship-campaign/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Digital Music News |date=February 19, 2024 |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507133646/https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/18/jungkook-calvin-klein-ambassadorship-campaign/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-21 |title=NJZ Stars in Calvin Klein's Spring 2025 Denim Campaign |url=https://hypebeast.com/2025/2/njz-calvin-klein-spring-2025-denim-campaign-release |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Hypebeast |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221124954/https://hypebeast.com/2025/2/njz-calvin-klein-spring-2025-denim-campaign-release |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2024 |title=SEVENTEEN's Mingyu Stars in Calvin Klein's Fall 2024 Campaign by Park Jong Ha |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/seventeen-mingyu-calvin-klein-fall-2024-campaign |access-date=18 Aug 2024 |website=Teen Vogue |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817224327/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/seventeen-mingyu-calvin-klein-fall-2024-campaign |url-status=live }}

Calvin Klein has worked with numerous models on advertising and social media campaigns, including: Adwoa Aboah, Jourdan Dunn, Ashley Graham, Imaan Hammam, Karlie Kloss, Simon Nessman, Sean O'Pry, Emily Ratajkowski, Lucky Blue Smith and Liu Wen.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/jun/06/model-adwoa-aboah-gap-fashion-depression|title=Model Adwoa Aboah: 'In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful and cool'|newspaper=The Guardian |date=June 6, 2017 |last1=Cartner-Morley |first1=Jess }}{{cite web|url=https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/jourdan-dunn-shows-calvin-klein-bra-mycalvins|title=Jourdan Dunn Shows off Calvin Klein Bra for #mycalvins|date=May 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ashley-graham-inspires-in-calvin-klein-002556280.html|title=Ashley Graham inspires fans with new Calvin Klein campaign: 'Seeing this makes me feel good about myself'|date=April 24, 2021|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234452/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ashley-graham-inspires-in-calvin-klein-002556280.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://en.vogue.me/people/imaan-hammam-vogue-arabia-interview-may-cover|title=Imaan Hammam Celebrates Her Arab Heritage In Vogue Arabia Cover Shoot|date=May 17, 2020|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=September 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921122441/https://en.vogue.me/people/imaan-hammam-vogue-arabia-interview-may-cover/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/karlie-kloss-calvin-klein-amazon-fashion|title=Karlie Kloss Sports Her Calvins for Amazon Fashion|date=November 22, 2017|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234453/https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/karlie-kloss-calvin-klein-amazon-fashion/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/simon-nessman|title=Boyeurism: Simon Nessman|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105235954/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/simon-nessman|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.malemodelscene.net/agencies/vny-models/sean-opry-ck-calvin-klein-accessories-spring-summer-2011|title=Sean O'Pry for CK Calvin Klein Accessories Spring Summer 2011|date=February 4, 2011|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234507/https://www.malemodelscene.net/agencies/vny-models/sean-opry-ck-calvin-klein-accessories-spring-summer-2011/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/emily-ratajkowski-goes-topless-mycalvins-images|title=Emily Ratajkowski Goes Topless in #mycalvins Images|date=September 26, 2014|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234455/https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/emily-ratajkowski-goes-topless-mycalvins-images/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/lucky-blue-smith-pyper-america-calvin-klein-jeans-campaign|title=Lucky Blue and Pyper America! Calvin Klein's Newest Campaign Is a Family Affair|date=October 6, 2015|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105234452/https://www.vogue.com/article/lucky-blue-smith-pyper-america-calvin-klein-jeans-campaign|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Calvin Klein's fall 2023 campaign redefines sensuality through a mix of pleasure and play |url=https://vogue.sg/calvin-klein-fall-2023-campaign/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Vogue |date=September 8, 2023 |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507133639/https://vogue.sg/calvin-klein-fall-2023-campaign/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.designscene.net/2014/01/liu-wen-calvin-klein-platinum-label-ss14.html|title=Liu Wen for Calvin Klein Platinum Label SS14|date=January 30, 2014|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105235956/https://www.designscene.net/2014/01/liu-wen-calvin-klein-platinum-label-ss14.html|url-status=live}}

Many female football stars like Alex Morgan, Chloe Kelly, and Mary Fowler advertised nothing but their underwear.{{cite web | url=https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/alex-morgan-calvin-klein-underwear-campaign/ | title=Alex Morgan Scores Big in Calvin Klein Underwear Ads | date=July 12, 2023 | access-date=February 10, 2024 | archive-date=December 3, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203233846/https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/alex-morgan-calvin-klein-underwear-campaign/ | url-status=live }}

• Calvin Klein Collection

In the late 1990s, the company opened elegant Calvin Klein Collection stores in Paris, Seoul, and Taipei and ultra high-end cK Calvin Klein stores in Hong Kong, Milan, and Kuwait City. As of today, all stores are closed. Out of the two Calvin Klein Collection stores that existed in the US, the Dallas location in Highland Park Village which had been open for 20 years was closed in mid-2005. The only international location, in Paris, was closed by PVH in March 2006. The New York store, which serves as the company's flagship store at 654 Madison Ave., permanently closed in spring 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.designboom.com/design/calvin-klein-madison-avenue-sterling-ruby-makeover-08-02-2017/|title=Calvin klein to close new york flagship featuring raf simons & sterling ruby makeover|date=11 January 2019}} Partners maintain Calvin Klein Collection stores in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Dubai, and Qatar.

• Calvin Klein (white label)

Specialty retail Calvin Klein stores, designed by New York architecture firm Lynch/Eisinger/Design have been opened at Lenox Square in Atlanta, Beverly Center in Los Angeles; now closed down, Cherry Creek Mall in Denver; now closed down, Natick Collection in Natick, MA; closing down on July 25, 2010, The Mall at Partridge Creek in Michigan; now closed down, Aventura Mall in Aventura, Florida, South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa California. An additional eight stores also designed by Lynch/Eisinger/Design are set to open in 2008. There are also several Calvin Klein Outlet stores, mostly located within factory outlet malls in the US, that sell the white label sportswear and sometimes the Calvin Klein white label at reduced prices but do not carry the Collection lines.

• Calvin Klein Jeans

Calvin Klein Jeans stores exist around the globe. Among many other countries in the United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Turkey, Chile, Argentina, India, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. They also offer franchise and opened in Cali, Colombia in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Chipichape - CALVIN KLEIN |url=https://chipichape.com.co/tienda/tienda/calvin-klein |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Chipichape - CALVIN KLEIN |language=es |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531013010/https://chipichape.com.co/tienda/tienda/calvin-klein |url-status=live }}

• Calvin Klein Underwear

Signature Calvin Klein Underwear boutiques can be found in Ljubljana, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Cardiff (as of April 2011), Medellín, Mexico City, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Melbourne, Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Manila, New York City, Shanghai, Singapore, Frankfurt, Munich, Toronto, Hatfield, and Burnaby (Metro Vancouver).

• Department Stores

The major department stores in the US, including Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Dillard's, and Nordstrom, as well as many small independent stores carry the ck, white label and/or Jeans collections. Some high-end department stores, such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus also carry the Calvin Klein Collection. Notable retailers in the UK offering Calvin Klein include stores such as John Lewis, Debenhams and KJ Beckett. In Australia, the dominant retailer is Myer. Calvin Klein products are also found online with particular internet focus on selling Calvin Klein underwear and fragrance.

• Europe and Asia

In Europe, Calvin Klein is predominantly known for its underwear, accessories and perhaps the Collection business, rather than for the medium-priced sportswear lines which are available at select high-end retail stores. In Asia, there are also signature ck Calvin Klein stores that carry diffusion line, aka grey label including womenswear, menswear, accessories.

In 1980, Richard Avedon photographed and directed a Calvin Klein Jeans campaign that featured a fifteen-year-old Brooke Shields. Some of those advertisements were banned, including an infamous advert where Brooke asks, "D'you wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing!," often misquoted as "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins."{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The 1995 adverts promoting Calvin Klein jeans received criticism for being "kiddie porn".{{cite magazine|author=James Kaplan|title=The Triumph of Calvinism|magazine=New York Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46|access-date=October 27, 2012|year=1995|pages=46–|issn=0028-7369}}{{cite book|author1=Catherine Grant|author2=Lori Waxman|title=Girls! Girls! Girls! In Contemporary Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-FValSufBAC&pg=PA25|access-date=October 27, 2012|year=2011|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-84150-348-6|pages=25–}}{{cite book|author=Paul Rutherford|title=A World Made Sexy: Freud to Madonna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVrveFtVrJ8C&pg=PA204|access-date=October 27, 2012|year=2007|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-9466-7|pages=204–}}{{cite book|author=John Corvino|title=Same Sex: Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CElt55US79QC&pg=PA339|access-date=October 27, 2012|year=1999|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8476-8483-0|pages=339–}}

In August 2012, Lululemon Athletica filed suit against Calvin Klein and supplier G-III Apparel Group for infringement of three Lululemon design patents for yoga pants.{{cite journal|last=Weller|first=Susan Neuberger|title=S. 3523: Louboutin, Lululemon, and Fashion Design: Finally Getting Some Respect?|journal=The National Law Review|date=September 21, 2012|url=http://www.natlawreview.com/article/s-3523-louboutin-lululemon-and-fashion-design-finally-getting-some-respect|access-date=January 15, 2013|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025155904/http://www.natlawreview.com/article/s-3523-louboutin-lululemon-and-fashion-design-finally-getting-some-respect|url-status=live}} The lawsuit was somewhat unusual as it involved a designer seeking to assert intellectual property protection in clothing through patent rights. On November 20, 2012, Lululemon filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the Delaware courts based upon a private settlement agreement reached between the parties that would dismiss the suit.{{cite news|last=Weller|first=Susan Neuberger|title=Lululemon and Calvin Klein Settle Yoga Pants Design Litigation|url=http://www.natlawreview.com/article/lululemon-and-calvin-klein-settle-yoga-pants-design-litigation|access-date=January 14, 2013|newspaper=The National Law Review|date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104093903/http://www.natlawreview.com/article/lululemon-and-calvin-klein-settle-yoga-pants-design-litigation|url-status=live}} According to a Lululemon press release, "Lululemon values its products and related IP rights and takes the necessary steps to protect its assets when we see attempts to mirror our products."{{cite news|title=lululemon athletica canada inc., calvin klein, inc. and g-iii apparel group, ltd. reached a settlement agreement in design patent litigation|url=http://investor.lululemon.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=722677|date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=May 25, 2013|access-date=April 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525022139/http://investor.lululemon.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=722677|url-status=live}}

However, according to Chevalier's brand book Luxury Brand Management, Klein "is seldom involved in the design and the development of products bearing his name" and "all activities are subcontracted to licensees."

In 2014, Klein was criticized for the designation of Myla Dalbesio in its "Perfectly Fit" which offended many women as it is made for plus sizes.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/nov/11/-sp-myla-dalbesio-calvin-kleins-new-model-size-10-plus-size|title=Calvin Klein ads featuring 'plus size' model Myla Dalbesio ignite online debate|newspaper=The Guardian|last=Swash|first=Rosie|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=January 24, 2015|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111225423/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/nov/11/-sp-myla-dalbesio-calvin-kleins-new-model-size-10-plus-size|url-status=live}}

In 2020, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute accused at least 82 major brands, including Calvin Klein, of being connected to forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang.{{cite web |url=https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale |title=Uyghurs for sale |publisher=Australian Strategic Policy Institute |last1=Xu |first1=Vicky Xiuzhong |last2=Cave |first2=Danielle |last3=Leibold |first3=James |last4=Munro |first4=Kelsey |last5=Ruser |first5=Nathan |date=1 March 2020 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824215335/https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale |url-status=live }}

Research of the social democratic party in the European Parliament, the Sheffield Hallam University and further Groups accuses Calvin Klein in 2023 of using Uyghur forced labour camps provided by the Sunrise Manufacture Group Co. for production.{{Cite web |title=Tailoring Responsibility: Tracing Apparel Supply Chains from the Uyghur Region to Europe {{!}} Sheffield Hallam University |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/helena-kennedy-centre-international-justice/research-and-projects/all-projects/eu-apparel |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=www.shu.ac.uk |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327142105/https://www.shu.ac.uk/helena-kennedy-centre-international-justice/research-and-projects/all-projects/eu-apparel |url-status=live }}

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