[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 1963, she married her second husband, Matthew "Chip" Rubinstein, and in 1968, they founded Anne Klein & Company on 39th Street.
[2] In 1973, she was the only woman invited to participate in the Battle of Versailles, a competitive fashion show consisting of five American designers against five French designers, intended to raise money for renovations at Versailles [8][9] On March 19, 1974, Anne Klein died of breast cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
There, she worked to redesign the firm's collection and introduced a new style of ready-to-wear clothing for young, smaller figured women that would come to be known as "Junior Miss".
[2] In 1937 she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Traphagen School of Fashion which led to her first job as a sketcher for dress firms on 7th Avenue.
[13][4] Anne Klein’s schooling and efforts during her teenage years set her up on a promising path career-wise.
[14] In 1944, Anne Klein joined Bonnie Cashin and Claire McCardell to form a female design trio who laid the foundations of American sportswear.
[16] Part of the inspiration behind Anne Klein’s brand was putting a feminine twist on menswear, like jackets and suits.
On March 19, 1974, Anne Klein died at the age of 50 of breast cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY .
[23] The main consensus after these uncertain times was that the company needed to focus on going back to Anne Klein’s original values and design choices, as that is where the brand experienced the most success.
[22] Anne Klein is an American privately held company owned by WHP Global who acquired the brand in July 2019.
They also wanted to focus on investing in marketing, social media, and digital commerce in hopes of gaining more brand engagement.
[22] Today the brand sells a full lifestyle assortment from apparel, footwear, watches, and jewelry and is sold in 60 countries worldwide.