Anne kleins biography

American fashion designer

Anne Klein (born Hannah Golofsky; August 3, 1923 – March 19, 1974) was an American fashion designer, businesswoman, as well as a founder and the namesake of Anne Klein & Company^[1] (owned by WHP Global as of July 2019).^[3]

She co-founded Anne Klein & Company in 1968 with Gunther Oppenheim, and within ten years her designs were being sold in over 750 department stores and boutiques in the USA.^[3]

Her design career began in 1937 when she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Traphagen School of Fashion,^[4] which led to her first job as a sketcher for dress firms on Seventh Avenue.

In 1948 she married clothing manufacturer Ben Klein, with whom she launched the Junior Sophisticates clothing line.^[2] Junior Sophisticates offered styles to younger women with smaller figures. Anne Klein was the principal designer at Junior Sophisticates until 1960, when her