Top 7 Legendary Fashion Designers - Page 5 of 9

Calvin Klein

Klein attended the High School of Art and Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he got an honorary Doctorate in 2003 despite not graduating. He became a protégé of Nicolas de Gunzburg and was already familiar with the New York elite fashion milieu before his initial popular triumph. His distinctive tight-fitting pants, which debuted in 1974, grossed $200,000 in the first week. Calvin Klein was the first designer to be recognised at the CFDA award ceremony for excellent design in both men’s and women’s wear in the same year.