{{short description|French couturier}} {{for|the Canadian ice hockey player|Lloyd Klein (ice hockey)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox fashion designer |image = |caption = |name = Lloyd Klein |birth_name = Lloyd David Klein{{r|akiko}} |nationality = |birth_date = 1967<ref name="timesnownews.com">{{cite news |title='Catwoman' Jocelyn Wildenstein: All About Fiancé Lloyd Klein, Ex-Husband Alec And Children |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-buzz/catwoman-jocelyn-wildenstein-family-all-about-fiance-lloyd-klein-ex-husband-alec-and-children-article-116863919 |access-date=3 January 2025 |agency=Timesnownews.com |language=en }}</ref> |birth_place = Montréal, Quebec, Canada |death_date = |death_place = |education = |label_name = {{hlist|Lloyd Klein Couture|LKLA}} |website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20231203040931/https://www.lloydklein.com/|lloydklein.com}} }}
'''Lloyd David Klein'''<ref name=akiko/> is a French couturier born 15 February 1967<ref name="timesnownews.com">{{cite news |title='Catwoman' Jocelyn Wildenstein: All About Fiancé Lloyd Klein, Ex-Husband Alec And Children |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-buzz/catwoman-jocelyn-wildenstein-family-all-about-fiance-lloyd-klein-ex-husband-alec-and-children-article-116863919 |access-date=3 January 2025 |agency=Timesnownews.com |language=en }}</ref> in Canada. His fashion label is Lloyd Klein Couture.
==Career== Klein was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to French parents and was raised in Paris, France.<ref name=vesilind>Emili Vesilind (6 December 2006). [http://www.wwd.com/retail-news/retail-features/lloyd-klein-s-homage-to-elegance-in-l-a-514634?full=true Lloyd Klein’s Homage to Elegance in L.A]. ''Women's Wear Daily''. {{subscription required}}</ref> He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, and worked in an architect's practice in New York.<ref name=akiko/> He returned to Paris<ref name=akiko/> and switched to studying fashion after seeing a Givenchy runway show;<ref name=moore/> he presented a prêt-à-porter collection in October 1987.<ref name=akiko/> Klein's first runway show was at the Opéra-Comique de Paris in 1994.<ref name=moore/> Not long after, he was appointed head designer for the house of Grès. He then started his own label. In 1998 he moved his business to the United States.<ref name=moore>Booth Moore (6 January 2007). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-06-et-notebook6-story.html Designs on L.A]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Accessed December 2014.</ref>
thumb He opened premises in the Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building on Beverly Boulevard.<ref>N. Jayne Seward (26 March 2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612125202/http://www.apparelnews.net/blog/797_a_parisian_afternoon_at_lloyd_klein.html A Parisian Afternoon at Lloyd Klein]. California Apparel News.net. Archived 21 June 2010.</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2015}}
In 2012 Klein started marketing sportswear for men and women under the label LKLA.<ref>Erin Weinger (March 2012). [http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/March-2012/A-Look-That-Could-Save-LA-Fashion A Look That Could Save L.A. Fashion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053640/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/March-2012/A-Look-That-Could-Save-LA-Fashion/ |date=21 September 2013 }}. ''Palm Springs Life''. Accessed January 2015.</ref> In August 2013 a collaboration between Klein and eyewear manufacturer Ivory Mason was announced.<ref>Danielle Directo-Meston (29 August 2013). [http://la.racked.com/archives/2013/08/29/las_lloyd_klein_collabs_with_retro_specs_line_ivorymason.php LA's Lloyd Klein Collabs with Retro Specs Line Ivory+Mason]. ''Racked LA''. Accessed January 2015.</ref>
Among those who have worn clothes designed by Klein are: Natalie Cole,<ref>WENN (10 September 2009). [http://www.contactmusic.com/news/cole-returns-to-stage-after-kidney-transplant_1115639 "Cole Returns To Stage After Kidney Transplant"]. contactmusic.com. Accessed January 2015.</ref> Paula Abdul,<ref>[https://archive.today/20110713104003/http://www.paulafan.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=395 "paulafan.net"].</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2015}} Tara Reid,<ref>[http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/gallery/0,,20042403_9,00.html#20062297 Celeb Fashion Hit or Miss? – Tara Reid]. People.com.</ref> Marissa Miller,<ref>[http://www.alionthego.com/2010/08/09/lloyd-klein/ "Lloyd Klein | Ali On The Go"].</ref> Dita von Teese,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140425095953/http://renata-and-jonathan.blogspot.com/2012/12/elegance-above-all-conversation-with.html Elegance Above All | A conversation with Lloyd Klein]. Renata and Jonathan blog.</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2015}} Brandy Norwood (in "It All Belongs To Me")<ref>[http://www.realitytvfashion.com/2012/05/monica-brandy-it-all-belongs-to-me-video-fashion "Monica & Brandy “It All Belongs To Me” Video Fashion Round-Up"]. ''Reality TV Fashion & Style | Basketball Wives, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Love & Hip Hop, Being Mary Jane, & More''.</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2015}} and Nicki Minaj (in "Your Love").<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100725003325/http://style.mtv.com/2010/07/22/nicki-minaj-your-love/ "Look By Look: The Complete Fashion Breakdown Of Nicki Minaj's New Video 'Your Love'"]. ''Style''.</ref>
== Life ==
In February 2004 Klein was badly injured in a car crash outside Paris, and was in a coma for two days. His planned runway show at the New York Fashion Week was cancelled as a result.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-02-10-lloyd-klein_x.htm "USATODAY.com - Designer Lloyd Klein injured in car wreck"].</ref>
==References== {{reflist|45em|refs=
<ref name=akiko>Akiko Nakajima (1994). [https://books.google.com/books?id=aTBQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22lloyd+klein%22+1987 ''Invitation Cards: the Paris Collections'']. Tokyo: P.I.E. Books. {{ISBN|9784938586560}}. {{nowrap|p. 193.}}</ref>
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