THE HOUSE OF KLEIN: Fashion, Controversy, and a Business Obsession

Lisa Marsh

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, USA

Year 2004

Pages 259

A fashion world insider and journalist reveals the secret world of Calvin Klein. This book for the first time tells the inside story of the rise of a fashion legend and the mammoth empire he built. Calvin Klein is the world’s most well-known and successful fashion designer and has created one of the most recognizable brands in existence, but the tale of his ascendancy to the top of the fashion industry has never been fully told. This book offers an informed, insider’s account of the defining moments of a fashion legend’s life, a life circumscribed by personal and professional struggle. The author pulls no punches in presenting the true story of this mammoth of the clothing industry, complete with corporate battles, lawsuits, petty personal vendettas and backroom dealings. And also the underbelly of the glittering world of high fashion – a world characterized not so much by beautiful people and wild parties, as it is by money and power, above all else.