Which Calvin Klein line is this?

[beansprouts1]

Hi, I recently bought this off an SF member and was curious about the label. I heard it was from the black label runway collection, but nothing definite. Any insight?

http://img67.exs.cx/img67/4291/19_1.jpg

 

[rach2jlc]

OLD school Calvin Klein... WAY back when CK was pretty much all a top-tier designer in the Armani, Versace, etc. range in the 80's. Before the crappy licenses and jeans and stuff. AFAIK, it precedes "Calvin Klein Collection," which was made into the runway collection when they spun off the jeans, the CK, etc. into cheaper lines.

I have one made in France CK blazer and it's a lot of fun. You don't find too many of these anymore... keep it and enjoy it!

 

[CharlesAlexander]

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

OLD school Calvin Klein... WAY back when CK was pretty much all a top-tier designer in the Armani, Versace, etc. range in the 80's. Before the crappy licenses and jeans and stuff.

I have one made in France CK blazer and it's a lot of fun. You don't find too many of these anymore... keep it and enjoy it!

Yeah, it's weird my girlfriend has a "Made in Italy" CK blazer and I remember thinking WTF?

 

[beansprouts1]

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

OLD school Calvin Klein... WAY back when CK was pretty much all a top-tier designer in the Armani, Versace, etc. range in the 80's. Before the crappy licenses and jeans and stuff. AFAIK, it precedes "Calvin Klein Collection," which was made into the runway collection when they spun off the jeans, the CK, etc. into cheaper lines.

I have one made in France CK blazer and it's a lot of fun. You don't find too many of these anymore... keep it and enjoy it!

yea it fits great, def gonna keep it. any ideas on who made the blazers back then? I checked everywhere and there was no other tags on the jacket except for the CK made in france. I'm far from an expert, but from my attempts at the pinch test, I think the jacket is fused.

 

[rach2jlc]

^Not sure who made it. My guess would be it is simply a French garment factory that got the license to make all their stuff, given that the jacket I have, too, is made more for style than for quality.

For example, I remember sometime in the 80's, too, CK sold the license to reproduce his entire collection for the Japanese market using a Japanese factory. So, I'd say it probably isn't made by a suitmaker (meaning, like Corneliani makes Polo).