The Calvin Klein legend was born when the chic department store, Bonwit Teller, bought his first collection. Klein became famous as the exponent of sleek US minimalism, career-wardrobe sportswear and clothes for the urban, unisex life-style. He launched his first designer label jeans featuring the then 15-year-old Brooke Shields, and in 1972, he conquered the underwear market with boxers and briefs. He entered the fragrance market in the 1980s, with Obsession and Eternity and then later, Contradiction. As with his fashion, each Calvin Klein fragrance expresses essential elements of the spirit of the times.