Word: calvins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...during the '80s and early '90s--is now coming to an end, in the opinion of Paul Bennett, a retail architect who has designed shops for DKNY and Anne Klein. "Now the design has to be more welcoming, more intimate," he says. Bennett, who is working on shops for Calvin Klein's CK division, has helped popularize the concept of "zoning"--the creation of a series of small spaces within a store, which provide the customer with the homey sense of roaming from room to room. "If I do a good job," says Bennett, "the customer will have an emotional...
...Archie Calvin Epps III was born in 1937 in Lake Charles, La. His parents owned a laundry, Epps' Cleaners, and were prominent members of the local black community...
...moon colony completely sealed off from the outside world, with computer-controlled sky effects that cycle from rosy-fingered dawn to purple dusk on the roof vaults above, and pastiche Roman statuary, and outlets for every brand name you ever heard of: Gap, DKNY, Gucci, Sharper Image, Banana Republic, Calvin Klein...
Since his winning debut collection in 1988, Mizrahi had been considered the heir to the American sportswear throne shared by Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. But unlike the holy trinity, Mizrahi, who trafficked in whimsical, feminine, but rarely outlandish garments, never managed to create a signature look. "There were brilliant first collections," notes Richard Martin, head of the Costume Institute at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "but they became more and more erratic. Calvin, Donna and Ralph all developed something very distinctive...
...American "Olive tie; muted olive-colored Calvin Klein tie purchased at Marshall's in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, sent to President on October 21, 1997; never observed President wearing the tie." --OIC interview...