Calvin Klein Collection
Designer: Francisco Costa

• “Costa tested the limits of the label’s signature minimal style with sharply structured looks … Conical bustiers and dresses–none as severe as those of Jean Paul Gaultier in the early 1990s that Madonna made infamous–came sleeveless, strapless or backless.” {AFP}
• “One of Costa’s best. All the exploration of form that we expect from him, plus a heady dose of sex appeal. These clothes should play extremely well in Hollywood.” {All The Rage/Los Angeles Times}
• “The fact that almost every outfit featured black here can’t be called part of that trend–it’s a way of life for this design house.” {The Associated Press}
• “It was the sense of abstraction in the sculptural shapes, revolutionary molding and bizarre compression of material that made the latest Calvin Klein show such a clever fashion moment, such a raffish statement of eroticism.” {Fashion Wire Daily}
• “With its undulating lines, feminine proportions, and transparent fabrics, it was a lovely lineup steeped in subtle sensuality and power.” {fashionologie}
• “The clinchers in Mr. Costa’s fine show were white dresses with a sheer top layer embroidered with wavy lines, like moiré silk.” {The New York Times}
• “‘Black moire embroidery’ … looked like a cage made of intersecting waves of black bands, as if the designer had captured a sound wave in a dress.” {On The Runway/The New York Times}
• “These weren’t just experiments for experimentation’s sake. They were great looking.” {Style.com}
• “Francisco Costa took an exaggerated mid-century ideal of feminine pulchritude … but used contemporary fabrications and technique to achieve the look and harness it to the Calvin Klein Collection ideal of streamlined modernity.” {Vogue.com}
• “Costa is known for his architectural shapes, which typically swing more artful than sexy. Here, by framing his penchant for intricate cuts in a more sensual context, he pushed boldly into new territory, which is exactly what he intended. The results were compelling.” {WWD}