Although Calvin Klein entered the jeans market officially in 1978, his five-pocket denim pants were introduced on a Seventh Avenue runway in 1974. The moment marked the New York designer’s entry into a new fashion denim category: the status jean.
Despite some controversy, Klein’s jeans revolutionized denim by the 1980s, utilizing the over-the-top trends of the era. When CK Jeans arrived in the 1990s, Klein was tapping into a new generation’s voice.
Many brands followed as fashion evolved, but Klein’s jeans remain a classic, reinterpreted for the future, while remaining true to its roots fifty years later.
