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Anne Klein (August 3, 1923 – March 19, 1974) was an American fashion designer.[1] She is noted as a designer that helped American fashion progress and change the way American women dressed.[3]

Contents Early life and education Her birth name was Hannah Golofsky (it has also been written as Hannah Golofski).[1] She was born August 3, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York.[4] She studied fine art at Girls Commercial High School (now known as Prospect Heights High School) and won a scholarship to Traphagen School of Fashion.[4] She started her fashion career while at the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City, studying between 1937 and 1938.[5][6] She changed her first name to Anne, and took Ben Klein's last name when she married him in 1948.[2]

Fashion career In 1944, Anne Klein joined Tina Leser and Claire McCardell to form a trio of women who laid the foundations of American sportswear.[7]

In 1948, Klein began work as the principal designer of a company her husband Ben Klein created that year, called Junior Sophisticates.[2]

During the early 1960s, after her divorce from Ben Klein, she kept the name Klein and worked as a freelance designer, reinvigorating well-known but faltering lines such as Pierre Cardin coats and Evan-Picone. This freelance work helped to fund her 1963 opening of Anne Klein Studio on 57th Street. Also in 1963 she married a second time to Matthew "Chip" Rubenstein.[8]

In 1967, she patented a girdle designed for the miniskirt.[2] Their marriage ended in divorce. In 1963, she married her second husband, Matthew "Chip" Rubenstein and in 1968, together they founded Anne Klein & Company.[4][2] That company began as a sportswear house, but later expanded to include other items, and in 1973 went international.[1]

In 1973, she took part in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show, a historical fashion show to raise money for the restoration of the Palace of Versailles.[9][5][10]

Death and legacy In 1974, Klein died of breast cancer at the age of 50 in New York City, New York.[5][11][4]

She was the first fashion designer after Coco Chanel to adapt men's clothing styles for women.[5] She also created what was later known as the "Junior Miss" clothing category.[2]

Anne Klein & Co. is currently owned by WHP Global[12]Having been owned by Jones Apparel Group, who acquired then-parent company Kasper in 2003.[13]

Today the brand sells a full lifestyle assortment from apparel, to footwear to watches to jewelry and is sold in 60 countries worldwide.

1974, Donna Karan and Louis Dell ‘Olio take over design direction[14]

1975, Chuck Howard and Peter Wrigley win COTY Menswear Award at Anne Klein Studio[15]

1977, Donna Karan and Louis Del ‘Olio win COTY award for Anne Klein[16]

1985, Donna Karan leaves Anne Klein to begin her own women’s clothing line[17]

1993, Louis Dell'Olio leaves Anne Klein[18]

1993, Richard Tyler takes over design direction[19]

Awards 1954 – Mademoiselle Merit Award[20] 1955, 1969, 1971 – Coty American Fashion Critics Award[20] 1959, 1969 – Neiman Marcus Award (Klein was the first designer to receive this award twice)[20][2] 1964 – Lord & Taylor Award[20] 1965 – National Cotton Council Award[20] 1971 – Induction into the Coty Fashion Hall of Fame[2]

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' נולדה ב-3 באוגוסט 1923 בברוקלין, ארה"ב בשם חנה גולופסקי היא נפטרה גיל 50 ב-19 במרץ 1974.

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Anne Klein (August 3, 1923 – March 19, 1974) was an American fashion designer.[1] She is noted as a designer that helped American fashion progress and change the way American women dressed.[3]

Contents Early life and education Her birth name was Hannah Golofsky (it has also been written as Hannah Golofski).[1] She was born August 3, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York.[4] She studied fine art at Girls Commercial High School (now known as Prospect Heights High School) and won a scholarship to Traphagen School of Fashion.[4] She started her fashion career while at the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City, studying between 1937 and 1938.[5][6] She changed her first name to Anne, and took Ben Klein's last name when she married him in 1948.[2]

Fashion career In 1944, Anne Klein joined Tina Leser and Claire McCardell to form a trio of women who laid the foundations of American sportswear.[7]

In 1948, Klein began work as the principal designer of a company her husband Ben Klein created that year, called Junior Sophisticates.[2]

During the early 1960s, after her divorce from Ben Klein, she kept the name Klein and worked as a freelance designer, reinvigorating well-known but faltering lines such as Pierre Cardin coats and Evan-Picone. This freelance work helped to fund her 1963 opening of Anne Klein Studio on 57th Street. Also in 1963 she married a second time to Matthew "Chip" Rubenstein.[8]

In 1967, she patented a girdle designed for the miniskirt.[2] Their marriage ended in divorce. In 1963, she married her second husband, Matthew "Chip" Rubenstein and in 1968, together they founded Anne Klein & Company.[4][2] That company began as a sportswear house, but later expanded to include other items, and in 1973 went international.[1]

In 1973, she took part in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show, a historical fashion show to raise money for the restoration of the Palace of Versailles.[9][5][10]

Death and legacy In 1974, Klein died of breast cancer at the age of 50 in New York City, New York.[5][11][4]

She was the first fashion designer after Coco Chanel to adapt men's clothing styles for women.[5] She also created what was later known as the "Junior Miss" clothing category.[2]

Anne Klein & Co. is currently owned by WHP Global[12]Having been owned by Jones Apparel Group, who acquired then-parent company Kasper in 2003.[13]

Today the brand sells a full lifestyle assortment from apparel, to footwear to watches to jewelry and is sold in 60 countries worldwide.

1974, Donna Karan and Louis Dell ‘Olio take over design direction[14]

1975, Chuck Howard and Peter Wrigley win COTY Menswear Award at Anne Klein Studio[15]

1977, Donna Karan and Louis Del ‘Olio win COTY award for Anne Klein[16]

1985, Donna Karan leaves Anne Klein to begin her own women’s clothing line[17]

1993, Louis Dell'Olio leaves Anne Klein[18]

1993, Richard Tyler takes over design direction[19]

Awards 1954 – Mademoiselle Merit Award[20] 1955, 1969, 1971 – Coty American Fashion Critics Award[20] 1959, 1969 – Neiman Marcus Award (Klein was the first designer to receive this award twice)[20][2] 1964 – Lord & Taylor Award[20] 1965 – National Cotton Council Award[20] 1971 – Induction into the Coty Fashion Hall of Fame[2]