An Icon for a New Generation Raf Simons’ CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC debut has landed

“It reflects the environment,” says Simons, Chief Creative Officer. “All of these different people with different styles and dress codes. It’s the future, the past, Art Deco, the city, the American West…all of these things and none of these things. Not one era, not one thing, not one look. It is the coming together of different characters and different individuals, just like America itself. It is the unique beauty and emotion of America.”

Simons’ inclusive cinematic eye roamed far and wide through the humdrum life of the everyday street, to trading floors, to workwear, native American quilting and to protective uniforms.

We love the fire engine red smart trousers and neat two-tone blue workers shirts; the plastic coated check overcoats and the lean double breasted suits worn with cowboy boots that are cut to kick ass in the office. There’s romance too in the great coats with Amish quilting panels, the flag fabric fringed skirts the feathery slip dresses made for modern day flapper girls.

These are the future style classics that get our vote.