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Calvin Klein

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Calvin Klein · Economics & Business

What

Fashion designer, founder of the Calvin Klein brand

When

1942, The Bronx, New York City, United States

Where

United States

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Biography

Calvin Klein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Fashion designer, founder of the Calvin Klein brand

How & why

Calvin Klein is an American fashion designer who founded his eponymous label in 1968, becoming a defining figure of minimalist American style through his jeans, underwear and fragrance lines and his influential advertising. His brand grew into a global fashion empire. He is Jewish, born in the Bronx to a Jewish immigrant family of Hungarian and Austrian descent.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Klein

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Fashion designer, founder of the Calvin Klein brand

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Klein