Calvin Klein Collection S/S 2026 New York

[britionkin]

Beyond Sloppy clothes.

 

[FashionPower]

I'm scared this is exactly what Bottega Veneta by Louise Trotter will look like...but with better bags....

100%
The pompons were giving Bottega by Blazy elevated intellectual pretentious quirkiness...

 

[fruitdots]

look 12 is giving von trapp children dressed in curtains

 

[jeanclaude]

Any resemblance to actual Calvin Klein, living or dead, is purely coincidental...I think they should change the CK initials for WTF, as it suits this better.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

This is absolutely dreadful. None of this makes sense together and makes even less sense when you see it is for Calvin Klein. To this day though, I will still blame Raf for this outcome. He butchered the design division, tanked the finances with his store redesigns and confused everyone with his over intellectualisms (even if there were some decent pieces here and there).

This is Batsheva or Collin Strada worthy at best. What is weird is that they could have commodified on the Bassette-Kennedy look with the Ryan Murphy production coming out soon. But no they chose this.

 

[rivegaucheface]

It’s so devoided of any sensuality and sexuality… and is so weird to see in their instagram the images of the underwear, with Bad Bunny, Jeremy allen white and all the others, and then this…

CK underwear and CK rtw always felt like two totally different brands to me. like one was a diffusion line and somehow everyone knew that but me.

 

[Kanzai]

People say this is intellectual as if Calvin himself wasn’t the cerebral type.

Everything this designer has done is yikes for me so far, she want to add many twists and mix/match sexiness with quirkiness but the result r just so laughably mediocre. The brilliance of Calvin Klein himself was somehow similar to Helmut Lang, they can use the coldest and most aseptic cut without sacrificing the seductive and alluring of their image of woman. Say what you want about Pieter Mulier but atleast he has a distinct POV and know how to deliver the intellectualism and moreso, campaigns.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

I completely forgot about this bish! After such a lackluster debut last season, my subconscious deleted any memory of her. I’m not missing anything with this poor second attempt that's somehow even worse than the first. The shapes are odd, the tailoring is frumpy, and the fabrics are downright depressing. If she had half a brain, she’d focus on tailored basics with a few show pieces made from the most luxurious, technical fabrics imaginable, exactly as Costa once did. Calvin Klein is not difficult to design for. I don't understand why she's rejecting the DNA of the brand, instead of embracing it. Who does she think she is?

 

[jeremydante]

Calvin Klein's minimalism and American sensibility (whatever that means in today's fashion vocabulary) seems to throw so many off. Many write it off as boring, but I think there needs to be a gentle approach to how clean and intentional the designs and styling need to be. We have not had a strong collection from the house for a while; but, there is always such a mixed reaction yet an undercurrent of 'we don't really care' type of energy.

I am certain that the retail consumption in the mass market keep the label pumping, even if there's nothing super exciting happening on the catwalk. Say what you will, Calvin Klein is still a storied empire label.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

VOGUE.COM

all I can hear is Michael Kors saying "the shorts are big and tight at the same time"

 

[andrew]

You couldn't even if you wanted to. There are 0 points of sale for the first collection yet somehow.

I was gonna ask, I haven't seen anything on the CK website about the original FW collection; sh*t's buried and nearly impossible to find, let alone anywhere to buy.

more topically, i wanted to believe in this line as CK should, in my mind, have a place in the luxury sphere, but this stuff just looks off from every angle.

 

[arpeggiata]

it's truly so all over the place... on vogue runway they've photographed the models from two different spots on the venue and for a moment there i thought the site had glitched and was showing two separate collections intercut with one another because tell me what on earth that dress made out of barbie hair has to do with the satin (?) beach (?) diaper (?) ensemble that follows it

 

[bc collector]

If anyone is wondering what CK might be like in AD 2025, everyone (including Leoni) take a look at Fforme, which, btw, showed the same day.

 

[Thefrenchy]

VOGUE.COM

That was my face the entire time looking at this show.

I'm sure she signed for 2 years, and they're going to wrap up this line the second the contract is over.

 

[philophile]

^Even though I've made conscious efforts to like Fforme over time in vain , it's true: their collection this season does look more like Calvin Klein than this. However, it's a very generic brand doing things many now defunct independent smaller brands already did last decade and they were much better at it. It's sad that so many independent designers that were actually doing decent things in the past have been weeded out to give space to new and extremely mediocre and bland, generic brands that have made it to the top (brands like Róhe Frames, Fforme, etc).

This is a disaster and I honestly think that there are only a handful of people out there who can really create playful minimalism right (Phoebe being one of them, of course). Louise Trotter definitely ain't it either. The only brands doing it right nowadays are A.W.A.K.E. Mode, Oude Waag, (sometimes) Khaite and I find Ashlyn New York to be doing really interesting things recently (not such a big fan of their SS26 collection, though). Moreover, believe it or not, Pieter Mulier is also sometimes extremely good at it (when he's not designing condoms).

Designing playful minimalism requires a very specific talent to tastefully and gracefully play with clean lines, shapes, proportions, whilst never losing track of the female/human form, a sense of balance, and sex allure. It's sort of like being good at designing beautiful and graceful, interesting architecture, except that it's for the body, and it should never lose track of its core and function.

 

[Lola701]

I'm scared this is exactly what Bottega Veneta by Louise Trotter will look like...but with better bags....

Louise is a fa better and stronger designer…

 

[Kennnnn]

Calvin Klein Collection doesn't appear to be sold anywhere, which is a good thing because no one should have to buy or wear these clothes. I hope she used fabrics that are fully flammable, because the clothes would otherwise be an absolute waste of landfill space.

 

[PDFSD]

Louise is a fa better and stronger designer…

might be slightly so ...but she still in the same mid/meh category level as this lady at CK

so far she showed also same oversized leather curtains as rtw pieces so i am not expecting greatness at BV either

 

[tomtakesphotos]

this is the moment

no joy no sex no fun, everything is somber and pretentious, mark borthwick thank you

 

[tomtakesphotos]

raf's CK was also lacking sex, and didn't feel american really-- more like a european take on america but god it was beautiful, and colorful and interesting-- it's 'intellectualism' resulted in beauty and things that were fun to look at, i loved raf's CK in truth

this just feels like paloma wool or something, why is everything so desaturated? why do they all look so sour