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New York doesnt often have the kind of debuts it saw today.
Such is the brands mystique.
Its a rare American fashion company that transcends popular culturethat has actuallybecomepopular culturebut Calvin Klein is one of them.
Kleins presence at the show suggested what Leonis approach might be: respectful and true to the founders legacy.
She said she wanted to design more on instinct.
What previous interpreters of the brands legacy have tended to miss is the sensuality of Calvin Kleins minimalism.
Francisco Costas was dry; Simonss wasnt really minimal at all.
Leonis previous experience might have suggested that she too would struggle with the hotter side of Calvins pure/provocative dynamic.
If the collection never quite reached the level of sexy, it certainly raised the pulse.
There was an inkling of that here.
And a knack for a cult object; the CK One bottle-shaped evening bags was a clever idea.
Speaking to a fellow reporter after the show, he said, For a start, its pretty extraordinary.
