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Italo Zucchelli (born April 6, 1965) is an Italian fashion designer, best known as the menswear design directer for Calvin Klein.

Early Life
Born in San Terenzo, Zucchelli studied architecture in Florence for two years before leaving his previous interests behind to study design and style. After working in menswear for Jil Sander, he worked for Calvin Klein for six seasons before Klein left the company and Zucchelli was promoted to design directer for menswear in 2003.

Calvin Klein
Critical attention for Zucchelli's work at Calvin Klein has been mostly positive. He has been nominated twice for a CFDA award, first in 2007 (the award went to Ralph Lauren), and again in 2009.

He has been especially noted for his use of unique materials in his designs. For example, he has recently started using foam from bicycle seats which he displayed at his 2009 show in New York.

Zucchelli continues to receive advice from Klein in an effort to stay true to the original vision of the brand. In an interview with David Bradshaw for GQstyle, Zucchelli says: “I try to combine my ideas of what a modern Calvin Klein collection ‘could’ be with those defining what I feel a Calvin Klein collection ‘should’ be.”