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...A host of designers fuelled this — first Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren, who gave an insouciant feel to the suit, followed by Donna Karan, Thierry Mugler, Bob Mackie and Calvin Klein, then Bill Blass and...
...Modern minimalists So much of what is referred to today as “quiet luxury” — the buzzy term for expensive yet understated clothing — borrows from the minimalist mood proposed by Calvin Klein, Donna Karan...
...“She was certainly the originator of the American look — you couldn’t have Calvin Klein or Donna Karan without her,” says Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at FIT and author of Women...
...Those tenets have typically held up the pillars of American fashion and the designers we know on a first-name basis: Donna, Calvin, Ralph....
...Prior to that, he had held the position of global creative director of Calvin Klein Inc. for 18 years — responsible for the cash cow lines of CK Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Jeans and White Label, sales of...
...By contrast, LA artist Calvin Marcus (b. 1988) was a first-day sellout for his gallery David Kordansky, at prices under $40,000....
...While his business may not be quite what it once was (although it’s still a $6bn business), it was sobering to see so many other US designers honouring Lauren at the show — Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Calvin...
...Strong demand for Calvin Klein dresses and Tommy Hilfiger sportswear helped G-III Apparel weather the wider retail slump and deliver better than expected sales gain during the first quarter....
...Investors dumped shares of G-III Apparel, after the company behind brands like Ivanka Trump and Calvin Klein, issued disappointing outlook and swung to a loss in the fourth quarter....
...G-III, which dates back to 1956 and owns licences to the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands, will fund the acquisition through the issuance of $75m of new stock to LVMH and a $75m 6.5 year seller note...
...Elsewhere, Ralph Lauren’s French Tricolore-coloured collection was a masterful exercise in fluid, flattering tailoring, simple shirting and immaculate navy knits while, at Calvin Klein, Francisco Costa explored...
...But with Calvin Klein having stopped running his brand a dozen years ago, and Donna Karan leaving the helm of her company in July, the US fashion guard is changing....
...artist, Prima Donna LLC and Almine Rech Gallery...
...He worked with Calvin Klein for three years. Klein then introduced him to Donna Karan. “I learnt my craft from these guys,” he says. Karan, in particular, was a stickler for comfort and detail....
...“Absolutely everyone can wear dungarees,” says Donna Karan, 65. “I wear them for comfort. I throw them over my bodysuit.”...
...Donatella Versace gave us double denim-clad Axl Rose groupies and Donna Karan played with boho indigo denim for her mainline collection and 1990s dungarees at DKNY....
...Calvin Klein is now in its third partnership, this time with Coty. The beauty companies partnering with designer brands are no pushovers....
...At Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa was inspired by menswear to present a pared-down tricolour of marine blue, white and red-lacquered papyrus rib-knit tanks, tunics and sheer fluted skirts, cinched...
...In 2013, fashion designer Stefanï Grosse, formerly of Donna Karan and Calvin Klein, founded Monreal, a tennis and golf wear label....
...Klein: C – 5; A – 0 Ralph Lauren: C – 5; A -1 Donna Karan: C – 2 ; A – 2 Oscar de la Renta: C – 3 ; A – 3 Carolina Herrera: C – 6; A – 1 Tommy Hilfiger: C – 5 ; A – 2 I have more stats, but those...
..., Calvin Klein, Burberry, Chanel, Hermes, Versace, and Dolce & Gabbana, all are run by white designers, and CEOs....
...In the first camp were Donna Karan and Diane von Furstenberg, who leveraged anniversaries to make shows into scenes, the latter celebrating 40 years of her wrap dress by – well, wrapping: print tunics over...
...Donna Karan has recruited talent from Tel Aviv’s Shenkar College of Engineering and Design and Diane von Furstenberg scouts the college for interns and staff annually....
...If you are going to nudge a vision it’s best to do so in some recognisable way, even if it goes a little off-course, as it did for Francisco Costa at Calvin Klein....
...When you walk into Donna Karan’s New York apartment, the first thing to greet you is the heady smell of essential oils....
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