There's an old story that the New York base of Calvin Klein Inc. – located at 205 West 39th Street, just off Seventh Avenue and all its rag-trade associations – used to be whitewashed every weekend during Mr Klein's tenure. The place, it was said, permanently stank of fresh paint.

It doesn't any more. Maybe they just use a less potent mix, because the HQ seems no less pristine. Kleinland is bone-white –as white as the tighty-whitey underwear that, along with designer jeans have helped build an empire worth some $2.8bn (£2bn) today.

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