Calvin Klein

Title:

Calvin Klein

Author:

Cody, Matthew W., 1974-

ISBN:

9781604139792

Publication Information:

New York : Chelsea House, c2011.

Physical Description:

133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Series:

Famous fashion designers.

Contents:

American classic -- Beginnings -- Starting out -- Birth of a business -- Becoming an icon -- New directions -- Image master -- Youth movement -- Exiting the stage.

Personal Subject:

Klein, Calvin, 1942-

Subject Term:

Fashion designers -- United States -- Biography.

Local Subject:

Teen nonfiction collection.

Summary:

Profiles the life and career of the famed fashion designer, including his childhood, the kidnapping of his daughter, and his rise to being a design powerhouse.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)	TEEN 921 KLEIN	Searching... Unknown

Calvin Klein is more than the most famous American fashion designer of the 20th century-he is the unchallenged leader of a global design empire. Today, his name can be found on literally hundreds of products, including menswear, womenswear, underwear, jeans, fragrances, eyeglasses, bed sheets, rugs, furniture, and much more. Klein has won every major fashion award, and his fashions are in the collections of both the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Yet for all his accomplishments, a debate rages within the fashion design industry: is Calvin Klein truly a great fashion designer or is he just a skilled self-promoter? Readers will explore this question along with all the other highs and lows of the career of this great American fashion designer in the highly illustrated new volume Calvin Klein.

Author Notes

Matt W. Cody has been active in publishing for more than six years. He is the author of Peter Stuyvesant in Chelsea House's Leaders Of The Colonial Era series. As an editor, he has been a part of a number of educational programs in the fields of music, social studies, and reading/language arts, including Macmillan/McGraw-Hill's acclaimed Spotlight on Music program. He lives in New York City.

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Calvin Klein is more than the most famous American fashion designer of the 20th century--he is the unchallenged leader of a global design empire. Today, his name can be found on literally hundreds of products, including menswear, womenswear, underwear, jeans, fragrances, eyeglasses, bed sheets, rugs, furniture, and much more. Klein has won every major fashion award, and his fashions are in the collections of both the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Yet for all his accomplishments, a debate rages within the fashion design industry: is Calvin Klein truly a great fashion designer or is he just a skilled self-promoter? Readers will explore this question along with all the other highs and lows of the career of this great American fashion designer in the highly illustrated new volume Calvin Klein. Excerpted from Calvin Klein by Matt W. Cody All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

1 An American Classic	p. 6
2 Beginnings	p. 10
3 Starting Out	p. 21
4 The Birth of a Business	p. 34
5 Becoming an Icon	p. 47
6 New Directions	p. 58
7 The Image Master	p. 71
8 Youth Movement	p. 86
9 Exiting the Stage	p. 99
Chronology and Timeline	p. 114
Glossary	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 120
Further Resources	p. 127
Picture Credits	p. 128
Index	p. 129
About the Author	p. 133

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