Calvin Klein Holds First-ever Such Event in Dubai Hosted by Brand's Creative Director
NEW YORK, NY: Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation [NYSE: PVH] today announced that the company will hold a unique installation and cocktail party at the Four Seasons Golf Club in Dubai on Thursday, April 24th.
Hosted by Kevin Carrigan, the Creative Director of ck Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans, the event will bring together and showcase products from all of the company's Spring 2008 lines, each within its own unique lifestyle installation. The brands to be featured include Calvin Klein Collection apparel and accessories; footwear, watches and jewelry; Calvin Klein Jeans apparel and accessories, and Calvin Klein underwear, and eyewear. Additionally, Calvin Klein fragrances will feature the new Euphoria Intense fragrance, and for the first time in Dubai, there will be an advance preview of the new ck Calvin Klein beauty line of color cosmetics which will be exclusively featured on all of the female models at the event. The new line is set to debut in the region in May at Debenhams Mall of the Emirates. Additionally, the ck Calvin Klein men's and women's footwear offering will also be previewed, in advance of the line's arrival at retail for the first time in the U.A.E. later this fall.
The evening's host, Kevin Carrigan, will be joined by Tom Murry, President & COO of Calvin Klein, Inc. and several other key executives of the company.
This is another in a series of global events that the company has been holding over the past few years in important and exciting global markets. Previous locations include Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, London, and New York. Several other similar events are planned over the next year as the company begins to celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year.
Calvin Klein, Inc. is one of the leading fashion design and marketing studios in the world. It designs and markets women's and men's designer collection apparel and a range of other products that are manufactured and marketed through an extensive network of licensing agreements and other arrangements worldwide. Brands/lifestyles include Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein, and Calvin Klein Jeans. Product lines under the various Calvin Klein brands include apparel, accessories, shoes, underwear, sleepwear, hosiery, socks, swimwear, eyewear, watches, jewelry, coats, fragrances, and cosmetics, as well as products for the home.
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel companies. It owns and markets the Calvin Klein brand worldwide. It is the world's largest shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, IZOD, ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its licensed brands, including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, unlisted, A Kenneth Cole Production, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, Tommy Hilfiger, Perry Ellis Portfolio, DKNY and, beginning in Fall 2008, Timberland.
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CONTACTS
Calvin Klein, Inc.
Jennifer Crawford
Vice President
Corporate Communications
Tel. 212 292 9795
FD Dubai Limited
Liz Fox
Vice President
Martine van Wyk
Senior Consultant
Tel. 971 4 332 8832
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