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Calvin Klein Spring 2012 Collection Runway

fashionologie — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:36:48 PDT

Calvin Klein Collection Fall 2011

fashionologie — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:01:39 PST

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Lara Stone Lands Calvin Klein Exclusive

coutorture — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:48:58 PDT

Following in the footsteps of Christy Turlington, Kate Moss, and Natalia Vodianoa (the most recent face of Calvin Klein from 2003 to 2007), 27-year-old Lara Stone has landed one of the world's most coveted modeling gigs-as exclusive face of Calvin Klein. The deal marks the first time the house has selected one model to represent three brands (Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans).

No stranger to working for the creatives at Calvin Klein, Stone walked exclusively in the spring 2007 collection show and appeared in fall 2007 Calvin Klein Jeans and fall 2008 ck Calvin Klein Beauty campaigns. “I have a long history with the Calvin Klein brand, and so it was wonderful to work with the house again this year,” said Stone. “It’s like being part of a family.”

Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott photographed the fall women's collection campaign (at left) with the minimalist quality of Nineties Calvin Klein. The pair also shot the jeans campaign in which Stone appears with other models, and Fabien Baron photographed Stone for the ck Calvin Klein campaign with Abby Lee Kershaw.

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fashionologie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:38:45 PDT

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL -She was a runway exclusive, was rumored to have the campaign, and now it's confirmed: Anna Selezneva will be the only girl for Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2009 - Carine Roitfeld, who uses her consistently, must be proud. I wonder if that means the rest of the rumor - that they asked Christy Turlington and Kate Moss, but both declined, is true, too? [TFS]

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Calvin Klein Collection Fall 08 Ad Campaign

coutorture — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:21:24 PDT

The Fall 08 Calvin Klein Collection ad campaign stopped us in our tracks. We picked up the heavy September editions of the glossies last weekend. We had a coffee, we turned each page slowly, digesting each spread how it articulated (or shattered) our impressions of the collections from Fall 08. We know these campaigns have turned up in previous editions of the glossies but, we will be honest, September is the only month we really indulge in opening the books. That said, we felt that the Prada campaign did not make the impact we were hoping for. The department stores, by and large, butchered the clothing they shot. And Klein, by far, made the most impact. The Fall 08 collection was sharp and androgynous, it was just what we would have expected but dark and brooding and appropriate for the mood of Fall 08 (which commented on our economic climate). And the ads, their graphic quality, epitomized 'modern' dressing. We're happy to see that Balenciaga isn't the only brand who knows how to evoke this sentiment. If the collection pivots on silhouette, then the ads, we think, should follow suit (no pun intended). Below,our video interview with Francisco Costa, the Fall 08 collection, and, at left, a shot from our favorite Fall 08 campaign.

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2008 CFDA Winners Announced, Francisco Costa Takes Womenswear Award

fashionologie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:34:37 PDT

>> This evening, the 2008 winners of the highly influential CFDA Awards were named. Three-time Swarovski Award for Womenswear nominees Rodarte finally took home the statuette, and Tom Ford won out in the battle of the T(h)oms. I've denoted the full list of winners in bold — congrats all around!

WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein Collection
Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler
Marc Jacobs

MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

Michael Bastian
Thom Browne
Tom Ford

ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

Michael Kors
Tory Burch
Marc Jacobs

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR WOMENSWEAR

Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
Thakoon Panichgul
Alexander Wang

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR MENSWEAR

Patrik Ervell
Tim Hamilton
Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR ACCESSORY DESIGN

Philip Crangi
Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry
Joy Gryson

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This Week's Best Dressed

Christina Perez — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:11:00 PDT

This week's chic events in London, Seoul, and Vienna may very well have given the fashion crowd at Cannes a run for their money.

At A Celebration of Arts in London, designer-muse pairings were the name of the game. Henry Holland brought pal Agyness Deyn as his date, dressing her in a sparkling turquoise gown from his Fall 2012 House of Holland collection. Caroline Sieber also attended with an enviable date: Christopher Kane, who created a crystal-embellished ivory dress for the occasion.

On the other side of the globe in Seoul, Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa hosted a one-night-only exhibition of video art - and brought some very chic guests along for the fete: Hanneli Mustaparta, Lara Stone, Chloe Moretz, and Kate Bosworth.

See all those - plus Franca Sozzani, Milla Jovovich, Naomi Campbell, and Alek Wek at the Life Ball 2012 in Vienna - and more, here in our best-of-the-week roundup.

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Erin Fetherston on Sneaking Into Her First Fashion Show and How She Gets That Hair

Justin Fenner — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:47 PDT

Erin Fetherston's success as a designer - and her charming personal style - have made her a regular fixture on the Fashion Week scene, but she wasn't always included on guest lists. We talked with the flaxen-haired designer about her elaborate plan to sneak into her very first runway show when she was just an 18-year-old intern at a "major" fashion magazine in New York.

"It was September. A couple people from the magazine were invited to the Calvin Klein show at Milk Studios. The art department got a copy of someone else's invitation and they basically made a bootleg copy for me - but totally using their amazing art production equipment!

"I was so nervous. I was completely sneaking in, and I feel like that didn't happen that much back then. Before the digital era and before Fashion GPS I feel like it was harder, because you really needed to have that physical invite.

"I remember going to the show and hiding it [the invitation] with the envelope or folded in half. I walked right in and I remember just being amazed. Once the show was over everyone was kind of hanging out and drinking champagne and there was Shalom Harlow and Amber Valletta. It was just amazing for me."

Fetherston added that she's been showing her collection at Milk for the past few seasons, and she always sees "student crashers. I always let them come in because I was totally the same," she said.

We also asked Fetherston about her signature coif. She told us she focuses on getting haircuts that grow out well (her go-to is Edward Tricomi at Warren Tricomi) and conditioning it with Shu Uemura and Redken products to keep it healthy - but she says she doesn't want her hair to get more attention than she does.

"I've had my bangs for such a long time and I know people really associate me with them," she said, laughing. "You don't want to be defined by something like your haircut. I feel like it was starting to overshadow other things that I do in my life, which I think are more interesting."

A Peek at The Francisco Costa For Calvin Klein Macy's Collection

Christina Perez — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:24:32 PDT

Francisco Costa brings his clean-lined Calvin Klein minimalism to Macy's this month with a limited-edition capsule collection of dresses in architectural shapes and sunset hues - all inspired by his home country of Brazil.

The collection of jersey and crepe pieces - titled Francisco Costa For Calvin Klein - will be priced from $135 to $180 and is part of the retailer's "A Magical Journey to Brasil" Spring initiative. "The collection really represents Calvin Klein; its really light, its really well-made, and the price is really right." Costa told us. "It's always a challenge but very exciting to design within a different block. It's good that we can bring our collection product to a much larger audience."

Francisco Costa For Calvin Klein hits Macy's and macys.com May 15. Click through for a peek at pieces from the collection.
At left, Costa backstage at the Calvin Klein Collection Fall 2012 show; Greg Kessler

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The Chicest Looks at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Christina Perez — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:16:17 PDT

>> What to wear for dinner with the president? Well, if you're Charlize Theron, then it's black lace Emilio Pucci. If you're Dakota Fanning, delicate Prada. Rachel Zoe, romantic Valentino; Zooey Deschanel, Oscar de la Renta. All valiant choices, all super chic indeed. However, sometimes it's the most understated look that packs the biggest punch, and Kerry Washington's streamlined, sherbet-hued Calvin Klein Collection was perhaps the evening's most stunning of all. See that - plus all the very best looks of the night - right here, in the slideshow.

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