In exploring America, Chief Creative Officer Raf Simons found Pop master Andy Warhol, whose work has helped define both the contemporary identity of American culture, and also the world’s perceptions of it.

Andy Warhol’s links to fashion date back to his earliest years as an artist, when his playful illustrated shoes captured the attention of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and a new generation of New York designers that included Calvin Klein. 30 years after Warhol’s death, CALVIN KLEIN and Andy Warhol renew their relationship through this exceptional collaboration, built on shared creative ideals, reinterpreting and reimagining American emblems for the present day.

Created in a unique, ongoing collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Warhol’s artworks find new life in garments and accessories featured throughout the Spring 2018 CALVIN KLEIN #205W39NYC collection. Silkscreened by hand, the collection includes intimate portraits of the artist’s muses—like Warhol confidante art collector Sandra Brant and archetypal counterculture hero Dennis Hopper—as well the luridly macabre images from his Death and Disaster series.