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Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer. In 1968, he launched the company that later became Calvin Klein. In addition to clothing, he has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewellery.
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business · American fashion designer (born 1942) · designer · fashion designer · actor · businessperson · also Calvin Klein, Calvin Richard Klein, Klein
Born 19 November 1942 · Q214800
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 23,852 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.4× the usual 2,542, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Early life and education
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The Guardian: Adidas, Uniqlo and Calvin Klein ads in UK banned over ‘recycled’ clothing claims
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2015· 1 entry
Put his Miami Beach, Florida mansion on the market for $16 million
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2003· 1 entry
Klein bought an ocean-front estate in Southampton, New York on Long Island and demolished it to build a $75 million glass-and-concrete mansion
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Klein participated in a celebrity reading of The Emperor's New Clothes, for The Starbright Foundation, to benefit ill children
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1996· 1 entry
The couple's divorce was finalized 10 years later in April 2006
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1995· 1 entry
It is still known as "The Calvin Klein House"
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1983· 1 entry
Was placed on the International Best Dressed List
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1981· 1 entry
1983, and 1993, he received an award from the CFDA
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1974· 1 entry
Klein designed the tight-fitting signature jeans that went on to gross $200,000 in their first week of sales
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1968· 2 entries
Launched the company that later became Calvin Klein
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Klein launched his first company with his childhood friend Barry K
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1962· 1 entry
At an old line cloak-and-suit manufacturer, Dan Millstein, and he spent five years designing at other New York City shops
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1942· 2 entries
In the Bronx, New York City to a Jewish family
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Born 1942-11-19.
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