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Christy Turlington

Christy Turlington is the 5'10" model best known for looking gorgeous and pensive in a long-running series of Calvin Klein ads that began in the late 1980s. The ads made her an international…

Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch model best known for her appearances for the lingerie shop Victoria's Secret. Blonde and blue-eyed with just a hint of Teutonic princess, she has appeared on the covers of…

Karen Mulder

Karen Mulder is a big blonde with Marlene Dietrich cheekbones. She's modelled around the world; in the United States she's best known for her appearances in Calvin Klein and Guess clothing ads and in…

Kate Moss

Kate Moss was the star of a series of provocative Calvin Klein ads which began running in 1992. Her extra-slender figure and blank gaze became a fashion model trend, often called the "waif look" (…

The Devil's Dictionary: Reprobation

by Ambrose Bierce REPRESENTATIVEREPUBLICREPROBATION -n. In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was…

Daryl Chapin Biography

inventorBorn: 21 July 1906Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Daryl Chapin with Bell Labs colleagues Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson developed…

Gerald Pearson Biography

inventorBorn: 31 March 1905Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Gerald Pearson, along with Bell Labs colleagues Daryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller,…

Cal Ripken

Name at birth: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.Cal Ripken earned the nickname "Iron Man" by playing in a record 2632 consecutive major league baseball games. The string ran from 30 May 1982 to 19 September…

Tatjana Patitz

Sleek and sharp-featured, Tatjana Patitz was most famous in the 1990s, when she was known for her Calvin Klein ads and her cover photos for Vogue, Elle and other magazines. Born in Germany and…