Calvin Klein Collection
Designer: Francisco Costa

• “Klein’s show near Times Square exuded confidence and a touch of military precision, with big, manly coats, large-buckled belts, leather dresses and shining boots.” [AFP]
• “One of Costa’s most wearable collections to date. He tapped into the season’s military and menswear trends, but in a way that was wholly original and modern.” [All The Rage/Los Angeles Times]
• “After eight days of New York Fashion Week previews, there was still something new to see on the Calvin Klein runway, including some of the best coats of an already good coat season.” [AP]
• “Francisco Costa was a bit mad for military this season, tempered with a classically Calvin touch of minimalism, of course.” [Daily Front Row]
• “It was as structured, clean and architectural as we’ve come to expect. Rest assured that Ms Chastain will remain extremely well dressed.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “For Fall 2013, Francisco Costa injected Calvin Klein’s usual allegiance to monochromatic minimalism with a pattern other designers have featured heavily this season: glen plaid. [fashionologie]
• “Mr. Costa did many things with this collection. He created grid effects with creases. He pumped up volumes. And he recast some of those masculine styles for leaner evening styles, like a black blazer with wide satin pants. But ultimately, he hammered out a demanding silhouette.” [The New York Times]
• “As the dark, dark, fall collections enter their home stretch, and even with the big Marc Jacobs show still to come tonight, we may as well go ahead and declare a winner as Fashion Week’s MVT. (That is, Most Valuable Trend.) He is Mr. Glen Plaid.” [On The Runway]
• “Powerful, provocative.” [Style.com]
• “Welcome to the new sexuality circa 2013. It’s covered up, structured, cold, and slick.” [Vogue.com]
• “Even if the drilling sounds on the soundtrack suggested otherwise, the overall effect of the collection wasn’t raw, but ultrasophisticated.” [WWD]