Calvin Klein Returns to the Coast with Relaxed Denim Fits

Calvin Klein leans into sun-faded denim, easy proportions, and coastal nostalgia with Morgan Sahadow leading the latest edit.

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Published May 27, 2026

Morgan Sahadow stands shirtless on a beach with cliffs and ocean behind him, hands tucked in the pockets of low-slung light wash 90s straight-leg jeans, a cream cotton knit tied at the waist, a Calvin Klein white logo waistband visible above the denim, dark curly hair and brown tortoise aviator sunglasses
Morgan Sahadow wears Calvin Klein’s low-slung 90s straight-leg jeans with a knit tied at the waist. Photo: Alexandra Nataf / Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein returns to the coast for its latest denim edit, casting Morgan Sahadow in a light that understands the brand’s long relationship with American youth culture. The light-wash jeans sit low and loose, with the sun-faded ease of old Pacific Coast road trips and early-2000s mall photography, when denim ads sold a whole season of life in a single image.

Calvin Klein Summer 2026 Denim Edit

Morgan Sahadow stands shirtless beside a female model on a coastal bluff at sunset as water cascades over them, wearing soaked light wash 90s straight-leg jeans riding low on the hips with a white Calvin Klein logo waistband showing, the model beside him in a black triangle bikini top and matching wet jeans
Morgan Sahadow takes a soaked sunset frame on the bluffs. Photo: Bryan Liston / Calvin Klein

Morgan drifts through cliffs and surf in styling that’s stripped back. A plain white tee, a black belt, washed denim, and the familiar waistband logo still land with the directness that built Calvin Klein’s empire. The relaxed straight-leg jeans puddle slightly at the hem, the denim shorts land wide and long, and the pale washes catch the light like old CK One-era magazine tear sheets left in the backseat of a convertible.

Morgan Sahadow stands against a white studio backdrop pushing up the short sleeve of a fitted white classic-fit cotton crewneck tee, a black leather belt with a silver buckle threaded through pale light wash straight-leg jeans, a pale blue pinstripe shirt held loose in one hand
Morgan Sahadow rolls a sleeve in the classic-fit cotton tee with a black belt and washed denim. Photo: Alexandra Nataf / Calvin Klein
Back view studio portrait of Morgan Sahadow shirtless against a clean white backdrop in a pair of pale light wash 90s straight-leg jeans sitting low at the waist, hands tucked in the back pockets, bare feet
Morgan Sahadow turns away from the lens to show the pale wash and easy straight-leg cut of the 90s jean from behind. Photo: Alexandra Nataf / Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein still understands the emotional pull of denim that looks well-worn, slightly salt-stained, and tied to the idea of a summer that stretches longer than it should.

Morgan Sahadow stands against a white studio backdrop in a fitted white short-sleeve crewneck tee tucked into light wash 90s denim utility shorts that fall just above the knee with a raw cut hem and a paneled front pocket seam
Morgan Sahadow models the long-cut 90s utility short in a faded indigo, raw at the hem and somewhere between skate park and surf shop. Photo: Alexandra Nataf / Calvin Klein
Morgan Sahadow stands on a coastal cliff above the open ocean in a relaxed oatmeal knit long-sleeve polo sweater with the spread collar open at the neck, a matching knit tied at the waist over light wash cut-off denim shorts, dark curly hair lifted by the wind
Morgan Sahadow looks out over the Pacific in an oatmeal knit polo and cut-off denim, a second sweater knotted at the hip for the wind off the water. Photo: Alexandra Nataf / Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein’s nostalgic energy contiunues with Jung Kook’s rework of the brand’s 90s codes.

Morgan Sahadow lies on a white duvet across an outdoor wooden deck in white Calvin Klein icon cotton stretch low-rise trunks with the signature logo waistband, a female model seated beside him in a matching white Calvin Klein bralette and briefs
Morgan Sahadow relaxes on a sun-bleached deck in the Icon cotton stretch trunks, the white logo waistband still the most photographed band in American advertising. Photo: Bryan Liston / Calvin Klein

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