'Every time I go to bed with some guy, I'm looking at my dad's name on their underwear': The trouble with having Calvin Klein for a father



They may now have a wonderful relationship, but Calvin Klein has revealed that he was once very unimpressed by a comment his daughter made.



TV producer Marci Klein, 44, who was born to Klein and his then-wife Jayne, has no doubt grown up surrounded by her father's success - but one downside, she believes, is the ubiquity of his brand's slogan.

WWD reports that, speaking to an audience on Monday, Klein recalled: 'She was quoted in Time or Newsweek to something of the effect of, "Every time I go to bed with some guy, I’m looking at my dad’s name on their underwear."'

Father and daughter: Calvin Klein pictured with daughter Marci in 2000. The only downside to have a famous father, she said, is when it comes to dates

He went on: 'I said to my psychiatrist at the time, "I don’t think that’s very funny." And he said, "Lighten up."'

The candid comment garnered a laugh from the packed auditorium at New York's 92Y theatre.

In fact, the quote was in a 1994 issue of Newsweek magazine and read 'My only complaint about having a father in fashion is that every time I'm about to go to bed with a guy, I have to look at my dad's name all over his underwear.'

It certainly makes for an unusual occupational hazard, though Ms Klein is no stranger to success in her own right - the only daughter of Klein is a producer of the hugely successful 30 Rock series.



Underwear everywhere: Calvin Klein, pictured yesterday in New York, was upset by his daughter's comment

And the underwear that she complained about was not the sole responsibility of Klein. In fact, his globally recognised underwear brand was an idea of his second wife, Kelly.

'My second wife Kelly worked with me in the design studio for a long period of time and she was greatly responsible for us doing underwear.…I still wear it. And I wear other people’s underwear, too, because I want to check out the competition,' he revealed in the interview.

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The veteran designer also spoke about his childhood growing up in the Bronx, and how he remembers fellow local, Ralph Lauren.

' Ralph Lauren grew up in the same neighborhood and Ralph always dressed in a peculiar way. I was the edgy one. I wanted to look like some kind of tough guy, like James Dean. And Ralph looked like he was from some other country,' quotes the fashion news site.