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Francisco Costa

Former Creative Director Womenswear, Calvin Klein

Having trained with Oscar de la Renta, he revived classic American label Calvin Klein with muted palettes and restrained silhouettes but has since moved to the beauty space with his own skincare line.

Francisco Costa
Financial Markets

Lisa Marie Fernandez’s Restrained Swimwear Revolution

Through a strategy of product iteration and timely category expansion, Lisa Marie Fernandez has built an influential swimwear brand, with sales set to double this year.

Financial Markets

Lisa Marie Fernandez’s Restrained Swimwear Revolution

Through a strategy of product iteration and timely category expansion, Lisa Marie Fernandez has built an influential swimwear brand, with sales set to double this year.


News & Analysis

What You May Have Missed This Week

BoF brings you the top eight fashion news and analysis stories of the week.

News & Analysis

What You May Have Missed This Week

BoF brings you the top eight fashion news and analysis stories of the week.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Calvin Klein Creative Directors Exit, New West End Company CEO

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Calvin Klein Creative Directors Exit, New West End Company CEO

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


News & Analysis

Costa and Zucchelli Out at Calvin Klein, Raf Simons to Take Reins?

The move is part of a new global creative strategy, unifying all Calvin Klein brands under one creative vision, and paves the way for Raf Simons to take the reins, an appointment that has been widely rumoured for several months.

News & Analysis

Costa and Zucchelli Out at Calvin Klein, Raf Simons to Take Reins?

The move is part of a new global creative strategy, unifying all Calvin Klein brands under one creative vision, and paves the way for Raf Simons to take the reins, an appointment that has been widely rumoured for several months.


Fashion Week

A Little Less Minimal

For the first time, Costa has been indulging purely decorative tendencies that were previously shrouded in rigorous, monochrome lines.

Fashion Week

A Little Less Minimal

For the first time, Costa has been indulging purely decorative tendencies that were previously shrouded in rigorous, monochrome lines.


Fashion Week

Marc, Calvin and Ralph Close NYFW

On the last day of NYFW, you could get a sense of where American fashion has been, where it is now, and where it might — or would like — to be going.

Fashion Week

Marc, Calvin and Ralph Close NYFW

On the last day of NYFW, you could get a sense of where American fashion has been, where it is now, and where it might — or would like — to be going.


News & Analysis

International Woolmark Prize Announces Womenswear Winner

Teatum Jones is the winner of the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize for Womenswear

News & Analysis

International Woolmark Prize Announces Womenswear Winner

Teatum Jones is the winner of the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize for Womenswear


Fashion Week

Alchemical Reactions at Calvin Klein

The chemistry between Italo Zucchelli and the brand resulted in a whole new world which was quintessential Calvin Klein.

Fashion Week

Alchemical Reactions at Calvin Klein

The chemistry between Italo Zucchelli and the brand resulted in a whole new world which was quintessential Calvin Klein.


Fashion Week

Calvin Klein's Warm Embrace

Women’s creative director Francisco Costa aimed to prove that warmth and minimalism are not mutually exclusive.

Fashion Week

Calvin Klein's Warm Embrace

Women’s creative director Francisco Costa aimed to prove that warmth and minimalism are not mutually exclusive.


Fashion Week

New Calvin meets Old Hollywood

Francisco Costa's distressed glamour was a wonderful blur of sensuous sequinned slips, silken floor-length florals and sensational silk trousers.

Fashion Week

New Calvin meets Old Hollywood

Francisco Costa's distressed glamour was a wonderful blur of sensuous sequinned slips, silken floor-length florals and sensational silk trousers.


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