Calvin Klein - Design genius divorces 2 wives to love a young man nearly 50 years younger

Calvin Klein is one of the greatest designers in the world. Although he built a powerful empire and is one of the biggest names in the American fashion industry, his complicated private life is controversial, not as beautiful, as colorful as the products he creates. go out.

Dream of becoming a great designer

Carrying Jewish blood, but born and raised in New York - the most vibrant city in the United States, since he was a boy, designer Calvin Richard Klein was different from his friends on the same page. age.

Instead of playing football and joking, he likes to hang out with his mother through the discount clothing stores in New York. It was she who ignited a love of art and needlework in Calvin Klein. Nurturing his dream of becoming a fashion designer from a very young age, Calvin is always busy studying and immersed in design sketches and needlework. In 1962, at the age of 20, Calvin Klein graduated from the New York Institute of Fashion Technology and married Jayne Center - a textile designer. Also at this time, he took his first steps into the fashion world in New York when he worked as an anonymous intern with the job of drawing a European jacket model for Dan Millstein with a meager salary of 75 USD/week. about 1.7 million VND).

After 5 years, Calvin Klein decided to open his own company with his childhood friend Barry Schwartz called Calvin Klein Ltd when both had only 12,000 USD (about 280 million VND) in hand. Immersed in the fashion style of the old continent countries with the free and liberal spirit of the bright New York metropolis, Calvin Klein's designs make a strong impression on Bonwit Teller's shoppers in an instant. mistakenly walked into his shop at a luxury hotel. That mistake helped Calvin Klein have an order worth $ 50,000 (about more than 1 billion dong).

At that time, American fashionistas were too tired of hippy styles and faded miniskirts. Calvin Klein's coat and skirt collection combined with Bonwit's chain of stores has created a new breeze for the free and liberal American fashion spirit. A year later, Calvin's designs were on the cover of the prestigious Vogue magazine and brought Calvin Klein's name to new heights.

In 1973, Calvin switched from designing jackets to designing sportswear and giving birth to the American sports fashion line. The "Klein Empire" began there when his minimalist, elegant and practical underwear designs were widely loved by the public. Thanks to that, he won the prestigious Coty Award for three consecutive years and brought his name to the top.

A scandalous private life at the peak of her career

In 1974, when he was flourishing in his career, his personal life began to decline when his marriage to his first wife broke up. He began to indulge in lavish parties with alcohol, drugs and quick love affairs. It wasn't until 1978, when his 11-year-old daughter Marci was kidnapped and ransomed by a babysitter, that Calvin Klein woke up and gave up all-nighters and focused on his career.

In the early 1980s, Calvin Klein's name continued to explode in the fashion world when launching an advertising campaign for jeans with young 15-year-old model Brooke Shields with the slogan: "Nothing can come between me and Calvin's clothes. ". This campaign was Calvin Klein's fateful turning point when it became a phenomenon that shook the American fashion industry. Despite being criticized and strongly opposed by feminists, CK sold out 200,000 pairs of pants in just the first week. Taking the lead, Calvin Klein's brand continues to expand in the United States when launching many campaigns that pave the way for bold and erotic advertising, with products with a unique unisex spirit, completely changing. world fashion face.

Relapse and face the risk of bankruptcy

Just a short time after the return full of glory, the presence of AIDS caused the free sex movement in the late 70s to quickly extinguished just as Calvin Klein bought Puritan Jeans for $ 65.8 million. (more than 1,500 billion VND). The demand for tight jeans fell sharply, his products were gradually abandoned by the public, leaving Calvin Klein in a deep debt.

In the mud of his career, he remarried his second wife Kelly Rector, but Calvin Klein's life was not only better but also plunged into darkness when he relapsed into alcohol and drug addiction and indulged in parties. at the infamous Studio 54. Career fell into the abyss, Calvin Klein faced the risk of bankruptcy, but with the help of David Geffen, Calvin Klein once again detoxed and revived with a series of new products such as eyeglasses, bags... cause fever with fashionistas and become trendy products.

Open sex shocked the whole world

Despite accusations of child rights abuse advertising and criticism from the press, Calvin Klein's product lines continue to be successful. At the same time received support from the public in the late 90s.

In 2002, Calvin Klein decided to sell his company to Phillips Van Heusen Group, for $400 million in cash (nearly VND 10,000 billion) and $30 million in shares (about VND 700 billion). In 2006, Calvin Klein's marriage broke down again, he broke up with his second wife and publicly announced his sexual orientation as a bisexual.

At the age of 70, Calvin Klein caused a stir in the media when he dated his 46-year-old gay lover - Nick Gruber. Calvin also generously celebrated his young love's birthday when he was just 21 years old. However, this relationship did not last long.

After ending his relationship with Nick Gruber, Calvin Klein started a new relationship with male model Kevin Baker - who is 32 years younger than him. The couple started publicizing in 2016 when they appeared together at a fashion event. To this day, he is still dating and living with his lover.

Although he is no longer the soul behind Calvin Klein's designs, the minimalist, unisex spirit he created is still present in the product lines and advertising of this brand later on. Calvin Richard Klein not only built a high-class American fashion brand but also a designer with a genius mind that broke all the limits of the world fashion industry.

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