7th 2012 Calvin Klein An American Designer By Neera Bann Calvin Richard Klein was born and raised in New York City’s borough of the Bronx. He decided he wanted to be a fashion designer at an early age‚ most probably as a result of the influence of his grandmother. Leo and Flora Klein were his parents. They both worked in the grocery business. Flora’s mother‚ Molly Stern was an accomplished seamstress. She operated a notions shop and tailoring business where Calvin spent a lot of
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Calvin Klein was born November 19‚ 1942‚ in the Bronx‚ New York. As a teenager‚ Klein developed a propensity to innovate and design his fashions. Frequently he would spend countless hours sketching women in suits and dresses. Soon after he graduated from the High School of Art and Design‚ Klein studied apparel design at Manhattan’s preeminent Fashion Institute of Technology. Here he met fellow student Jayne Centre who later on became his wife in 1964‚ two years after Klein completed his course work
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Calvin Klein Marketing Strategies Calvin Klein Inc. is a fashion brand founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein. The company is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City and currently owned by Phillips-Van Heusen. Like other fashion brands‚ Calvin Klein established a world famous monogram: the “cK” emblem. Statistics: Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation Incorporated: 1967 as Calvin Klein Ltd. Employees: 900 Sales: $170 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 315232 Women’s and Girls’ Cut
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Calvin Klein Assignment When people think of Calvin Klein majority will probably have an automatic image of a half-naked chiseled male model with his jeans unbuttoned. This “natural response‚” so to speak‚ is due to CK’s great effort in connecting sex appeal with its product. CK took a bold‚ marketing chance with sex appeal and benefited from selling it to the point of controversy. To market sex appeal to customers‚ who are mainly in their prime time such as 20-40 year-olds‚ CK had to understand
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Fashion History II Maher Calvin Klein Biography 3/7/2013 Calvin Klein Today we are in the presences of many fabulous designers who have made their name and shown off their class. Calvin Klein has been personably one of my favorite designers. He has started from the bottom of nothing to creating his way to one of todays’ greatest designers. Calvin Klein was born in Bronx‚ New York on November 19‚ 1942. He was the middle child born to Flo and Leo Stern. Calvin did not just ‘become’ a designer
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Target Market • Positioning 8-9 Communications Strategy • Message • Source • Channel • Receiver • Feedback 9-10 Creative Strategy • Advertising Problem or Issue • Advertising and Communication objectives • Target Audience • Major Selling Idea and Key Benefits • Creative Strategy Statement • Supporting Information and Requirements 10-11 Budget 12 Media Planning 13-16 Media Strategy • Advertising • Direct marketing • Internet • Interactive media
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-Speciality stores: Sephora‚ Shopper’s Drug Mart‚ -Smaller perfume vendors - Calvin Klein Stores and Factory Outlets 3 Levels of Product: Core Customer Value: Confidence Features: sweet smelling perfume that will cause sexual attractiveness‚ notes of salt to resemble smell of sweat Design: Sleek‚ modern design with gold accents Packaging: Pink metallic decorative box with wrapping Quality: High end Brand: Calvin Klein Product Support: Free samples‚ free gifts with
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states that‚ all media messages are constructed. Some information is included‚ but much is also left out. Questions are not asked. Using this approach‚ we realize that in the Calvin Klein X ad campaign we chose‚ we only see images of muscular men but not pictures of scrawny looking men. The question is‚ does wearing Calvin Klein X make you look muscular and hot? Is CK X the only way to make you look good? The way the X is placed on the men’s bodies brings the attention of the viewers to the body and
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find the health of the brand‚ its sources of equity and suggest improvements if any. Name: Age: Gender: How often do you purchase dresses of the brand Calvin Klein? a. < 4 months b. 4-6 months c. 6-10 months d. Once a year e. Other How would you rate the following brand personality elements associated with Calvin Klein Products? (1-lowest and 5-highest) Brand Element | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Authentic | | | | | | Excitement | | | | | | Freshness | | |
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Another iconic advertising campaign was Calvin Klien’s underwear advertising on the 1980’s. Undergarments as we know them now were first sold “to promote cleanliness and improve the comfort of wearing clothes.”( Oatman-Stanford‚ 2013). The fact that they might “one day be deemed fashionable was not even an after-thought.”(Oatman-Stanford‚ 2013). In the 19th century‚ men’s underwear was closely linked with hygiene‚ associating the undergarments with athleticism. The idea of them having a sex appeal
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