Calvin Klein started his fashion line in New York in the late 1960s. He started his brand by designing, and making coats. This business venture did well for him, and so he ventured into other products and services. Most notably, he is credited for starting the designer jean craze that started in the late 1970s, and expanded into the early 1990s. He was a pioneer of taking an article of clothing that was associated with the most casual of dress, cowboys, and gangs, and turned blue jeans into an article that the most hip and upscale people just had to have.

Calvin Klein is one of the most recognizable brands in fashion, whose philosophy of modern, sophisticated, and often minimal designs has remained a staple of American fashion for over four decades. The clean lines and spare shapes of the brand's designs extend to women's and men's sportswear, jeans, shoes, underwear, fragrance, accessories, and products for the home.

Momentum continued through the 1970s as the appeal and appreciation grew for Calvin Klein's modern style and creative philosophy. On its way to becoming a true lifestyle brand, the company extended its offering to categories like ready-to-wear, designer jeans, underwear, and fragrance, and began to feature them in the company's now iconic advertising campaigns.

Over the years, successful expansion has resulted in today's Calvin Klein brand, a worldwide fashion and design powerhouse with a globally recognized brand name. Today, the company manages a product portfolio spanning men's and women's apparel, coats, suits, accessories, shoes, sleepwear, hosiery, socks, swimwear, belts, eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrances, and beauty, as well as products for the home.

Calvin Klein Collection is the most prestigious and refined brand within the Calvin Klein portfolio, setting the tone of elegance and luxurious simplicity for the company's other brands. Calvin Klein Collection represents a sleek modernity characterized by immaculate finishing and tailoring with rich materials and sensual fabrics. In addition to the brand's ready wear line, which is shown each season on the runways of New York and Milan, Calvin Klein Collection also offers men's and women's shoes, eyewear, handbags and other accessories.