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By: Calvin Klein

Date: 1980

Source: Calvin Klein Jeans Advertisement. 1980. AP/Wide World Photos. Available online at http://www.apwideworld.com/WWP_HOME/index.html (accessed May 9, 2003).

About the Designer: Designer Calvin Klein (1942–) was born in the Bronx, New York. Interested in fashion at an early age, he taught himself to sew and sketch. Klein attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. He graduated from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology in 1964, and went on to a successful career as a fashion designer. In the early 1980s Klein led the industry in offering more affordable designer jeans to the market.

Introduction

Before the 1950s made denim jeans fashionable, they were mainly worn and regarded as work clothing. That image changed as stars like James Dean...