Kellwood Co. (St. Louis) has named DKNY veteran Chris Jackson vp of design for its Calvin Klein women’s better sportswear division, which is under license from Calvin Klein Inc. (New York).
Jackson had most recently served as design director of DKNY women’s collection, where he was responsible for the overall design direction for all categories of DKNY women’s for nine years. Prior to DKNY, he held major design posts at Nautica, French Connection and Anne Klein.
Jackson will be based in New York, and report to Stephen Ruzow, president of the division and executive vp of Kellwood.
“Chris and I have just returned from Shanghai and Hong Kong where he met with his production team,” Ruzow said. “[He] has already started to develop the 2006 fall collection.”