Calvin Klein Bio, Age, Family, Wife, House, Salary, Net Worth, Designs

Calvin Klein Biography

Calvin Klein is an American fashion designer who founded his company, Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. He has given his name to a variety of perfumes, watches, and jewelry, in addition to clothing.

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How old is Calvin Klein? – Age

He is 79 years old as of 19 November 2021. He was born in 1942 inThe Bronx, New York, United States.

Calvin Klein Family – Education

Klein was born in the Bronx, New York City, to a Jewish family, the son of Flore (née Stern; 1909-2006) and Leo Klein. Flore was born in the United States to immigrants from Galicia and Buchenland, Austrian Empire, while Leo immigrated from Hungary (modern day-Ukraine).

Klein attended Isobel Rooney Middle School 80 (M.S.80) as a student. He attended Manhattan’s High School of Art and Design and matriculated but did not graduate from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, where he received an honorary doctorate in 2003.

Calvin Klein Wife

Klein married textile designer Jayne Centre in 1964. Marci Klein, a television producer best known for her work on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, is their daughter. In 1974, the couple divorced. Klein married his assistant Kelly Rector in Rome in September 1986, while they were on a buying trip in Italy. She later rose to prominence as a socialite photographer. After 20 years of marriage, they divorced in April 2006 after separating in 1996. Calvin had a relationship with gay ex-porn star Nicholas Gruber

Calvin Klein House

Klein purchased an oceanfront estate in Southampton, New York, on Long Island in 2003 and demolished it to construct a $75 million glass-and-concrete mansion. In 2015, he listed his Miami Beach, Florida mansion for $16 million. The Florida home was sold for $12,850,000 in February 2017. Klein paid $25 million for a mansion in Los Angeles, California, in June 2015.

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How much does Calvin Klein earn a year?

PVH’s revenue from Calvin Klein brands was approximately 3.7 billion US dollars in 2021. That year, PVH Corporation’s global revenue was approximately 9.2 billion US dollars.

How much is Calvin Klein Net Worth?

She has an estimated net worth of $700 Million.

Calvin Klein Career

He became a protégé of Baron de Gunzburg, through whose introductions he became the toast of New York’s elite fashion scene even before launching his first jeans line, which became his first mainstream success. After his first major show at New York Fashion Week, he was immediately recognized for his talent. He was dubbed the “new Yves Saint Laurent” because of his clean lines.

Klein designed the tight-fitting signature jeans in 1974, which went on to gross $200,000 in their first week of sales. In the same year, he became the first designer to receive the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award for outstanding design in men’s and women’s wear.

He was named to the International Best Dressed List in 1983. He was also honored by the CFDA in 1981, 1983, and 1993. He received the American Academy of Achievement’s Golden Plate Award in 1991. Klein made a cameo appearance in 30 Rock’s season three episode 15 (“The Bubble”). In season 4, episode 12 (“The Pick”) of the television series Seinfeld, a fictionalized version of him appears.