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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 07: Calvin Klein attends the Calvin Klein fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows  on February 07, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)
PRETTY PENNY

Fashion Icon’s Old Estate on Market for Record-Breaking Sum

It almost doubles what it sold for five years ago.

Harry Thompson

Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Paul Anthony Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr.
IT’S A LOVE STORY

Iconic ’90s Couple Gets the Soapy TV Treatment They Deserve

“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” has two great performances—and not enough to say about its famous subjects.

Nick Schager

Calvin Klein and Nick Gruber attend Paradiso: The 17th Annual Watermill Summer Benefit in July 2010
MODEL BEHAVIOR

Calvin Klein’s Ex-Boy Toy Slammed for Being Tenant From Hell

“I don't want this to happen to anybody else,” said a man battling Parkinson’s disease who thought renting a room to the former model would help him pay some bills.

Emell Derra Adolphus

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‘CALVINS OR NOTHING’

Ban on FKA Twigs’s Calvin Klein Ad Partially Lifted

The Calvin Klein ads featured the singer wearing nothing but an opened button-down shirt.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

FKA Twigs at the Fashion Awards
‘BEAUTIFUL, STRONG’

FKA Twigs on Her Banned Calvin Klein Ad: ‘Double Standard’

The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority claims the ad portrayed her as a “stereotypical sexual object.” She disagrees.

Laura Bradley

Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach on the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards.
NOT ‘THE UNDERWEAR AWARDS’

Stop Asking ‘The Bear’ Cast About Those Underwear Pics

Give Ayo Edebiri a break!

Fletcher Peters

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Photograph of Jeremy Allen White wearing Calvin Klein underwear
THE IRON ABS

Jeremy Allen White’s Calvin Klein Ad Breaks the Internet

“Yes, chef” indeed! The Bear star fronts Calvin Klein’s new campaign. The photos—plus a video of him stripping down to tighty whities—is all anyone is talking about. See why.

Fletcher Peters

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‘IT’S NOT JOURNALISM’

Brooke Shields: Barbara Walters Interview Was ‘Criminal’

The legendary journalist asked a teenage Brooke Shields inappropriate questions about her sex life.

Anna Venarchik

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BIGGER IS BETTER

For Billie Eilish, Power Dressing Means Baggy Clothes

The teenage singer-songwriter has become a new face of Calvin Klein and said she wears baggy clothes to combat sexism. Is this the ideal marriage of the comfortable and political?

Alaina Demopoulos

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Pay Less

Calvin Klein’s Customers Want Underwear, Not High Fashion

After parting ways with creative director Raf Simons, Calvin Klein is shuttering its high fashion line. Its customers love the brand for its sexy underwear, not expensive skirts.

Alaina Demopoulos

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WHOA

Calvin Klein to Shut Down Its Runway Collection: Report

After designer Raf Simons left the brand.

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