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This book is published with three unique covers. Customers will receive one of the covers at random when they purchase the book.

This magnificent survey is the first and only book that Klein has written and compiled himself and is illustrated with era-defining photographs by the most distinguished names in fashion photography, from Irving Penn and Richard Avedon to Bruce Weber, and Patrick Demarchelier—among others. In it, the world’s most iconic models like Christy Turlington and Kate Moss, are captured in images that would define their careers, and remain indelible to the consumer. Accompanied by private insights and behind-the-scenes stories that only he could tell, every image has been chosen by Calvin Klein to narrate his evolution as a designer—from couture to jeans, underwear, and fragrance—all categories in which he redefined what was chic and essential.

As an icon ofminimalism, modernism, sexual provocation, and androgyny, Calvin Klein’sfirst book will find broad appeal with anyone interested in design, fashion, or photography. Few names in fashion are as recognizableas that of Calvin Klein.

This unique book presents a stunning archive ofimages that reveal his timeless influence as a designer. From founding thecompany in New York in 1968, he went on to change the face of fashion,bringing his visionary minimalism to the fore and defining looks by theme, with characteristicsimplicity and sophistication, each of the three sections in this volumelooks at one singular element of Klein’s approach. In Provocative, we see themost controversial of his campaigns, from Brooke Shields’s infamous teenageportraits to the seductive photography of underwear collections. InMinimalist, we understand the simplicity, refinement, and elegance in everycollection. And in the final section, we read in the designer’s own words theinsights behind the campaigns and the secrets behind the successes.