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Topic: Calvin Klein

Perspective: The Skinny on Skivvies From Kneibler to Klein, a brief history

In the 1958 film Long, Hot Summer, Paul Newman sent moviegoers’ jaws straight to theater floors. His shocking exploit? Doing a scene in his underwear. During the Eisenhower era, men’s…

June 16 2011

Calvin Klein billboard secretly curses at you

Some eagle-eyed, right-thinking patriots in lower Manhattan have blown the lid off a subliminal advertising scandal. The offender is this Calvin Klein billboard at East Houston and Lafeyette, which sneakily…

March 29 2011

Calvin Klein ads banned for promoting rape

Another week, another Calvin Klein ad campaign in trouble. This one, starring Dutch model Lara Stone, has been banned in Australia for being "suggestive of violence and rape." Australia's ad…

October 21 2010

Calvin Klein needs to ramp up its raciness

So Calvin Klein went and put a QR code over the billboard on Houston Street where past racy ads have caused predictable scandals. Scanning the code lets you get…

July 29 2010

Calvin Klein's models better seen, not heard

It's not every day someone forwards you an ad with the question, "You wanna see a bunch of naked cursing dudes?" Um … maybe? Calvin Klein's new X…

March 19 2010

Calvin's orgy ad causes predictable scandal

Calvin Klein doing something risque? I know you're all shocked. But an enormous billboard in New York's SoHo district, which has been up for a month, has people talking…

June 16 2009

Calvin Klein models lounge around no more

Dear Calvin Klein: Kudos on your "New Movement" campaign from Full Contact for your performance wear! The work is certainly eye-catching and tries to do something different in the fashion…

October 10 2008

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