New European head Calvin Klein

The US fashion house has appointed Guiseppe Rossi to join the Milan-based Calvin Klein Europe office as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, effective today. Rossi joins the company from Moschino, where he was in charge of sales, licenses and the company's international stores. Prior to that he led international retail operations at clothing company GFT Net until 2001. Rossi began his career at the Italian fashion house Max Mara.

At Calvin Klein Rossi will report to Tom Curry, President and Chief Operating Officer at Calvin Klein Inc. He will focus on growing the brand across Europe. Rossi's predecessor, Anthony Romano, left the company to become General Manager of the Luna Rossa Challenge sailing team in September of this year.