Calvin Klein — fashion with roots in the Russian Empire
Calvin Klein. American fashion designer, born in the Bronx. Documented family origins are Austro-Hungarian: his father, Leo Klein, was born in Boiany, Bukovina (one account says Budapest), and his mother, Flore Stern (1909-2006), was born in New York to immigrants from Galicia and Bukovina. No ancestor from the Russian Empire is documented.
Tracing the roots — Boiany, Bukovina (Austria-Hungary) - no Russian Empire link documented
Documented family origins are Austro-Hungarian: his father, Leo Klein, was born in Boiany, Bukovina (one account says Budapest), and his mother, Flore Stern (1909-2006), was born in New York to immigrants from Galicia and Bukovina. No ancestor from the Russian Empire is documented.
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Boiany, Bukovina (Austria-Hungary) - no Russian Empire link documented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural."