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One of America's top fashion designers, Calvin Klein first made a name for himself by designing clean, uncomplicated sportswear. He kept his name popular with the public by creating sometimes shocking and always news-making advertising campaigns. Klein was the second of three children born to Flo and Leo Stern. The family lived relatively comfortably.

His grandmother was a seamstress and he acquired his love of sewing from her. His mother encouraged his love of art and fashion. Reproduced by permission of Archive Photos, Inc. As a youth, while others his age were playing sports, Klein was busy studying, sketching fashion designs, and sewing.

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Later he moved on to the esteemed Fashion Institute of Technology, graduating in He spent five years as an apprentice a student working toward learning a skill in a coat and suit house on Seventh Avenue in New York City, working long nights and weekends to perfect his own designs. The first order was actually obtained by accident.

A coat buyer from Bonwit Teller a large New York City clothing store got off on the wrong floor of a hotel and wandered into Klein's workroom. Encouraged by favorable reviews from the fashion press and the support of store executives, Klein expanded his line to include women's sportswear. Klein's world soon included his couture fashionable custom-made women's clothing line, Calvin Klein Collection for men and women, CK sportswear for men and women, and CK jeans.

He also licensed arrangements for his menswear, coats, accessories, intimate apparel, hosiery, swimwear, eyewear, furs, socks, and fragrances, all under his careful control and management. Of the many categories licensed, denim jeans, along with fragrances, built a large following among consumers, who sought an affordable way to attain the Calvin Klein look.

By sales of Calvin Klein Jeans approached half a billion dollars.