Jezebel: Calvin Klein

Sexy Lara Stone's Sexy Calvin Klein Ad Is Sexy

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:30:00 EST

Here is Lara Stone's latest Calvin Klein ad, sure to inspire pearl-clutch-y local news stories across the nation once it hits billboards and bus shelters. Can you imagine! Calvin Klein is clearly using sex to sell its jeans and underwear. At least there are no hidden messages this time — that we can tell. [WWD] More »

Calvin Klein Cast Kate Moss Because She Was 'Always Thin'

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:20:00 EDT

Calvin Klein gave a rare public interview at 92Y this week, where he spoke with former head of New York fashion week Fern Mallis. The 68-year-old retired designer discussed addiction, his boyfriend, 21-year-old porn star Nicholas Gruber, Kate Moss, selling his company — and growing up in the same Bronx neighborhood as Ralph Lifshitz, who later made a name for himself as Ralph Lauren: More »

Back To The Future With Calvin Klein

Sadie Stein — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:06:00 EST

At today's show, Francisco Costa brought us the minimalism we expect from Calvin Klein — and then some. Shapes were sleek and modern with sportswear accents and interesting fabric choices. Think a very chic Judy Jetson dressed for a New York November, and you'll be on the right track. More »

Gemma Ward Talks About Her Relationship With Heath Ledger For The First Time

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:44:00 EST

For the first time, Gemma Ward has publicly confirmed that she had a relationship with Heath Ledger. "I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years and it was something spurred by Heath's death."

"Calvin Klein, Go Back In The Closet!"

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:46:00 EST

Village Voice nightlife columnist Michael Musto has sharp words for Calvin Klein, seen here with boyfriend Nick Gruber. "Get a grip on yourself, girl, and nail some dignity to the floor before this kid steals it all away from you."

A Heavily Photoshopped Khloe Kardashian Does Most Random, Bondage-y, Fashion Cover Ever

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:30:00 EST

Khloe Kardashian, her late, lamented red hair, and a mask apparently made of plastic packing straps and a packet of studs from the nearest Michaels star on the cover of NY skate shop Yellow Rat Bastard's in-store mag, YRB. [Racked]

MAC Wants You To Lasso Some Wonder Woman-Inspired Makeup For Spring

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:35:18 EST

"Since Wonder Woman has this amazing strength," explains a spokesperson, everything's oversized. Products range from $14 for fake lashes to $49.50 for "a brush set with its own metallic utility belt," and are expected to generate sales of $20m. [WWD]

Rachel Zoe Sees Her Fashion Line Sitting Beside Alexander Wang And DVF

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST

Rachel Zoe is seven months pregnant, and in possession of a brand-new fashion line. She has a new assistant, and gets followed around by a team of 20 for her Bravo show. Also, she's having a boy. But the clothes:

French Vogue's Sexy Kiddie Spread Is Misunderstood

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:37:00 EST

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One of the most uncomfortable truths about the fashion industry is that most models begin working when they are in their early teens or even tweens; they are children. In this editorial, Vogue Paris cuts right to the chase. More »

The Terrible Rise Of The Lara Stone Lookalikes

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:18:00 EST

Lara Stone is a successful model and we basically love seeing her everywhere. But what we don't love is seeing all the girls who look like Lara, kinda-sorta, that the modeling industry is now promoting to ubiquity. This must stop. More »

Proof That Ladymags Cater To Designers Who Advertise

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:35:00 EST

Here is an internal Harper's Bazaar document that lists the brands to feature in upcoming editorial spreads, ranked according to priority — and helpfully divided between "Advertisers" and "Non-Advertisers." This is how your ladymag sausage gets made. More »

Calvin Klein Billboard Banned For Suggesting "Violence And Rape"

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:00 EDT

Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau has ordered that Calvin Klein billboards featuring Lara Stone be removed because they're "suggestive of violence and rape." The Bureau found the image is, "demeaning to women by suggesting that she's a plaything of these men." More »

Paulina Porizkova Says ANTM Will End A Modeling Career Before It Starts

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:52:00 EDT

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Paulina Porizkova on America's Next Top Model: "The one guarantee that you will never make it as a model is to go on that show." Which is both honest and interesting, since she used to judge "that show." [NYPost]

Kate Moss Said To Be Investigating Career As An Innkeeper

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:45:00 EDT

The crack team at the British tabloid brain trust has concocted a cackle of a story for us this Monday morning: Kate Moss is quitting modeling and moving to Cornwall to run a bed and breakfast with Jamie Hince. [Star]

Lady Gaga In A Multi-Million-Dollar Deal With Armani

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:32:00 EDT

Giorgio Armani has dressed Lady Gaga countless times, including for the Grammy Awards, and Armani even played Gaga's "Alejandro" video at its men's show, and both artistes profit. But despite this mutual admiration society, they've never actually met. [WSJ]

Fashion Week Diversity By The Numbers

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:47:51 EDT

In September of 2007, it was reported that of all the 101 shows that took place during New York fashion week, one third employed zero models of color. Since then, we've tried to track diversity on the runway every season. More »

Nothing Gets Between Brooke Shields And Her 30-Year-Old Calvins

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:02:00 EDT

Brooke Shields still fits in the Calvin Klein jeans from her iconic 1980 ads. "I looked like a sausage," she said on Ellen, "but I was going to get them zipped up if it was the last thing I did." More »

Unretouched Marion Cotillard Graces Cover Of Italian VF

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:33:00 EDT

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Marion Cotillard was shot, and apparently not retouched, by Bruce Weber for the cover of Italian Vanity Fair. Certainly it's preferable to that hackjob of a Vogue cover she was subjected to, but isn't the pose a bit awkward? [HuffPo]

Lancôme Pays Julia Roberts $50 Million For Her Services

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Julia Roberts' original deal with Lancôme, signed last December, was rumored to be worth up to $20 million. Now that the actress is renewing for five more years, she's said to be earning a cool $50 million. [Daily Mail]

Calvin Klein, For The Wealthy White Minimalist In You

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:15:00 EDT

A Calvin Klein collection under creative director Francisco Costa's watch has a certain familiar rhythm. There are the black clothes, and the white clothes. There is the blank minimalist rigor. There is exactly the one black model. More »

Delusional Max Azria Believes He's The King Of Diversity In Fashion

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Max Azria's shows tend to have a few defining features: a flirty aesthetic, a neutral palette of fabrics, and — for the past umpteen seasons — an almost all-white cast of models. Yesterday, I asked him why that is. More »

Avril Lavigne's Perfume Is So Edgy

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:34:00 EDT

Judging from this ad, Avril Lavigne's perfume, Forbidden Rose, smells like eyeliner, cast iron, a decaying forest in winter, and an incongruous hair-bow like the ones your mother used to make you wear for family pictures. [TLF]

The Situation Previews His Tastefully Bedazzled Fashions

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Mike "The Designer" Sorrentino had his buddy Jonny "The Unit" Manfre model a bedazzled wifebeater from his soon-to-be-released "clothing" line. [Facebook]
Jackie O's triple-strand of faux pearls is up for auction, and may fetch as much as $55,000. [LATimes]

Anna Wintour Will Have The President Over For Dinner Tonight

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EDT

When he gets done taping The View today, Barack Obama's gonna head over to his close, personal friend Anna Wintour's house for an intimate, $30,000-a-plate, fundraiser with fashion friends like Calvin Klein and Donna Karan. [WWD]

Angelina's Lack Of Glamour Triggers Mag Meltdown

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EDT

WWD writes that Angelina Jolie needs to up her style game because Salt had boring clothes. Jolie is failing in her duty to all womankind because, "fashion needs aspirational icons; it always has. Michelle Obama can't do it alone." [WWD]

George Clooney Testifies Against Celebrity Clothing Lines

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:37:00 EDT

Not only does George Clooney not have a clothing line, he is so offended by the notion that he would have one that he's testifying against three guys who claimed that he was launching a line called "GC Exclusive."

Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, And Jennifer Aniston Are September Cover Gals

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:32:00 EDT

The September issue cover choices are in: Harper's Bazaar chose Jennifer Aniston, Elle nabbed Julia Roberts, and, as predicted, Vogue went with Halle Berry. (Anyone wanna take odds on a "What Gabriel did was very uncool" cover line?)

Underwear-Clad Zoe Saldana Coming To A Billboard Near You

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Zoe Saldana is the latest face of Calvin Klein. The actress' only other foray into fashion was a clothing line by the name of Arasmaci. Perhaps she didn't want any other ads to come between her and her Calvins? [People]

Megan Fox In Her Underwear Again; Crystal Renn Critiques Ignorant Designer

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Megan Fox may have been replaced by an underwear model in the next Transformers movie, but she plays one pretty well in this latest campaign for Armani Exchange. Trading places is all the rage for fall. [Fox]

Fashion's Esteemed Chronicle Goes Downmarket Celebrity

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:20:00 EDT

Women's Wear Daily, U.S. fashion's venerable trade, has apparently decided that a new section dedicated to $525 sunglasses, Swiss spas and photos of Kate Winslet in sneakers is the best use of its time and talents. Why? More »

Lara Does Calvin Klein; Gaultier Wishes He'd Invented Condoms

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Calvin Klein confirmed Lara Stone is the new face of its main brand, Calvin Klein Jeans, and ck Calvin Klein for fall. Stone will walk no other runways, and appear in no other advertising campaigns for the fall season. [WWD]

Sex And The City Full Of Expensive Shit; Lady Gaga Wants Fashion Internship

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:30:00 EDT

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Carrie wears a $50,000 karaoke outfit, and there are lots of Maybachs. "Like in the Great Depression, I thought Hollywood should take people on a big vacation that maybe they couldn't afford themselves," says writer Michael Patrick King. [WWD]

Supermodel Weds In London; Marc Jacobs Gets A Delivery of Cocaine

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:30:00 EDT

David Walliams and Lara Stone married this weekend at Claridge's hotel in London. To conclude the ceremony, two guests read poems by Yeats and Larkin. Stone wore Givenchy. [Daily Mail]

Kate Hudson's In At Almay; Interview's Controversial Spread; Noémie's Okay

Sadie Stein — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:00 EDT

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Kate Hudson is the new face of Almay. Take that, Cam! [WWD]
Big news. Two cup sizes, to be exact: that's what a new super-wonderbra promises to deliver. Says a Marks & Spencer lingerie designer, "Our bra is revolutionary." [DailyMail]

Tyra Turns To Fiction; Lady Gaga Will Take Your Questions Now

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Tyra Banks has signed a deal to write three YA novels that will marry modeling with Harry Potter — the protagonist having been accepted into an academy for "intoxibellas," or supermodels-in-training who "harbor unknown powers." What, no vampires? [Galleycat]

Cruz & Kruger Corral Campaigns; Anarchists Attack American Apparel

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 03 May 2010 12:30:00 EDT

Penelope Cruz is replacing Kate Winslet as the face of Lancôme's fragrance Trésor. [People]
And Diane Kruger will be the face of a new Calvin Klein scent, Beauty. Kruger is accompanying Francisco Costa to the Met Ball, too. [WWD]

1986 Lady Mag Ads: Turquoise Eyeshadow & The St. Tropez Tan

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Yesterday, we looked at editorial pages from the May 1986 issue of Elle magazine and compared them to the May 2010 issue. Today: Big hair, tan skin, turquoise eyeshadow and lots of lady-cigarettes: Let's compare advertising pages, then and now. More »

Jacobs & Martone Split; Katy Perry's $2,500 Jimmy Choos Light Up

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Marc Jacobs and his fiancé, Lorenzo Martone, are reported to have broken up. Jacobs flew solo last Tuesday at the wedding of his business partner, Robert Duffy. [NYPost]
Duffy and his husband, Alex Cespedes, made the Times' weddings section. [NYTimes]

Plus-Size Models Slammed By Prominent French Blogger

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:40:27 EDT

Well, there's one person who's not on board with plus-sized models getting shot by V, French Elle, and French Vogue, and walking for designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Mark Fast. Illustrator/photographer/blogger Garance Doré thinks body diversity is "not physically healthy." More »

Older Models & "Curvy" Models: Fashion Loves A Gimmick

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:40:00 EDT

A piece on The Huffington Post points out that in addition to the gray-hair trend, (gray-haired) 43-year-old Kristen McMenamy and 47-year-old Elle Macpherson have graced recent fashion runways. The headline asks: "Are 'Older' Models The New Black?" More »