I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy.

In the mid-1970s he had created a designer-jeans craze by putting his name on the back pocket. Planning to expand its business the company had been approached by two luxury goods companies LVMH and Pinault Printemps Redoute to join Calvin Klein but nothing resulted. After seven months and no potential buyer Klein announced that his empire was not on the market anymore.

is a fashion house founded by American fashion designer Calvin Klein. Calvin Klein Inc.