Minimalism In Motion
AT CALVIN KLEIN, UNDERSTATED STYLE FINDS NEW DEPTH IN THE QUIET AUTHORITY OF ITS FIRST FEMALE LEAD
WORDS BY SARAH NOONAN
Calvin Klein’s return to the runway was a masterclass in what the show notes referred to as “heightened simplification”.
On the first Friday in February, New York’s garment-district studios felt suspended in time. At the headquarters of Calvin Klein, which hadn’t held a fashion show since 2018, an audience made up of Kate Moss, Christy Turlington and Calvin Klein himself gathered in what felt like a signal of reinauguration. Into this tableau came Veronica Leoni: a designer fluent in minimalism, her pedigree shaped by Jil Sander, Phoebe Philo’s Céline and The Row.