ck Calvin Klein is a

diffusion line A diffusion line (also known as a bridge line) is a secondary line of merchandise created by a high-end fashion house or fashion designer that retails at lower prices. These ranges are separate from a fashion house's "signature line", or principal ...

Calvin Klein Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer. In 1968, he launched the company that later became Calvin Klein. In addition to clothing, he has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewellery. ...

. The brand is owned by PVH Corp.

Activities

ck Calvin Klein apparel is distributed for women and men exclusively through licensing partner Onward Kashiyama in Japan, and through free-standing stores operated by licensee Club 21 in Southeast Asia. Licensing partner G.A.V. is to launch women's apparel under the brand in the U.S. in the Spring of 2005. In 2005, Kashiyama was the ck Calvin Klein

ready-to-wear Ready-to-wear (RTW)also called ''prêt-à-porter'', or off-the-rack or off-the-peg in casual useis the term for garments sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a partic ...

license holder in Japan with retail value of €20 million. In December 2005, the Warnaco Group announced that, in 2006, they would acquire 100% of the shares of the companies that operate the licenses and related wholesale and retail businesses of Calvin Klein Jeans and accessories in Europe and Asia as well as the ck Calvin Klein bridge line of sportswear and accessories in Europe from Fingen SpA, a Florentine holding company, and Euro Cormar SpA for €240 million. In 2013, PVH Corp., that had bought Calvin Klein Inc. in 2003, acquired Warnaco, thus reuniting control of the brand.

ck watches and jewelry

Watches

In 2014 the brand was changed from cK watches to Calvin Klein Watches and all new models introduced at Baselworld 2014 had the "Calvin Klein" logo on the dial instead of the "ck" logo. Until 2021, Calvin Klein watches were produced under license by

The Swatch Group The Swatch Group Ltd is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery. The company was founded in 1983 through the merger of Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie, ASUAG and Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère, SSIH ...

, the world's largest producer of watches. In 2019, Swatch Group announced that the licensing agreement with Calvin Klein would not be renewed. In August 2020, PVH struck a licensing deal with Movado Group to produce watches for the Calvin Klein brand.{{Cite web, url=https://nationaljeweler.com/articles/10664-movado-launches-first-calvin-klein-collection-under-new-licensing-deal, title=Movado Launches First Calvin Klein Collection Under New Licensing Deal, date=1 March 2022, last=Fedow, first=Lenore, work=National Jeweler, language=en, access-date=22 June 2024

Jewelry

ck jewelry are sold in Japan through Vendome Yamada Corp., one of the leading Japanese manufactures and distributors of fashion jewelry. A complementary collection was introduced worldwide outside Japan in 2004 under a license with The Swatch Group.

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