Jourdan Dunn
Katrin Thormann
An Adventure in Detail and Perspective By CATHY HORYN
Next year the Calvin Klein company expects to generate $6 billion in retail sales, a small fraction of which — about $40 million — will come from sales of the runway collections designed by its star Francisco Costa.
Mr. Costa’s collection, based on cubic and prism forms, included coats and dresses in glossy white silks and wools that were creased or molded with a shape, as though the shape had been memorized by the garment.Very often the sleeves looked square, a shape repeated in the grid pattern of glistening silver tops and the cube heels of the silver and white patent leather shoes. Some of the dresses resembled floating pods.But the admirable thing about the collection was the level of research into the materials — including latex, wire mesh and new technical silks — and the quality of Mr. Costa’s presentation. Some of the silvery white shifts and sleek pants outfits are stunning.
