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For more than thirty years, Anne Klein has been synonymous with American Style, creating clothes that are immediately recognizable for their sophistication, wearability and, most of all, their relevance to women's lives. Anne Klein defined the way American sportswear is worn and sold today. In 1968, she launched Anne Klein & Company with the specific goal of designing and marketing sportswear as coordinated separates. With its mix and match wardrobe of constructed jackets, pants and related pieces, Anne Klein's innovative strategy made her company an industry leader overnight.

Hannah Golofski was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1921. She studied at 'Girls Commercial High School' and won herself a scholarship to the Traphagen School of Fashion. In 1936, at the age of 15, she started working as a sketcher on New York's 7th Avenue. She then changed her name to Anne Klein.

In 1939, she married her first husband Ben Klein and joined Varden Petites where she was responsible for the junior lines. Nine years later, she formed her own firm called  Junior Sophisticates and made designs for young women. In 1968, she formed Anne Klein and Co in partnership with her second husband Matthew (Chip) Rubinstein.

Anne soon became one of the most popular sportswear designers in the USA, famous for matching dresses and jackets, wasp-waisted dresses, blazers and battle jackets. She also made hooded blouson tops and slinky jersey dresses. Her clothes were known to be smart, practical and fashionable.

Harpers said that Anne was "one of the few people who really understands what the American woman wants and has the sense of style to produce it."

In addition to fashion design, Anne Klein invented several devices for the clothing industry. In 1967 she patented a girdle designed specially for mini-skirt wearers. Anne Klein was also named to the Coty Fashion Hall of Fame in 1971 having won two previous Coty awards. She was the only designer to twice win the Neiman Marcus award for fashion leadership, in 1959 and 1969.

Along with Bill Blass, Stephen Burrows, Halston and Oscar de la Renta, Anne Klein joined a special fashion show at Versailles in France in 1973, to help raise funds for the palace. French designers Yves St. Laurent, Cardin, Dior, Givenchy and Ungaro also took part.

She died in 1974 at the young age of 51. At the time of her death, Donna Karan and Louis Dell'Olio were working at her firm, and they took over the design side of her company. They also won several Coty awards while working at Anne Klein.

Many designers have worked for the house of Anne Klein. Richard Tyler was there, Patrick Robinson designed from 1994 to 1996. Charles Nolan was the designer for Anne Klein for a few seasons up until 2003. He was a 20 year veteran of the fashion industry, including many years with Bill Blass.

In the year 2001, the city of New York decided to honour American fashion designers by placing bronze plaques along 7th Avenue, the great street of fashion in New York. This
has been called the "FASHION WALK OF FAME." Anne Klein was one of those honoured

Fashion designer, born Hannah Golofski in New York City, USA. In 1938 she started as a sketcher on Seventh Avenue. In 1948, Junior Sophisticates was launched, and Anne Klein & Co was established in 1968. She was a noted leader in designing sophisticated, practical sportswear for young women. She early recognized a need for blazers, trousers, and separates, and her designs became particularly popular in the USA.

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