Veronica Leoni made her much-anticipated Calvin Klein Collection debut at 205 West 39th Street last season, heralding the label’s return to the runway after six years, with the octogenarian founder himself in attendance. For her sophomore follow-up on September 12, she moved the spring 2026 show downtown, to the Brant Foundation in the East Village. That 33-block separation from an address so closely associated with Calvin Klein—one that her predecessor, Raf Simons, even added to the label’s name—seemed to give her the critical distance needed to reflect on what this iconic American brand means today. Or, as the show notes put it rather philosophically, to explore “Calvin Klein-ism as a way of being rather than just appearing.”

The lineup was brimming with ideas that squared the circle be

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