Jeremy Allen White’s short answer to Calvin Klein’s question
The Calvin Klein ad featuring Jeremy Allen White is on a billboard in West Hollywood. We asked the actor if he has seen it.
Two of the biggest collaborators of the year – Jeremy Allen White and Calvin Klein – have teamed up again.
On Tuesday, Calvin Klein unveiled its latest campaign, a fall 2024 collection that includes straight-leg jeans, denim and nylon bomber jackets, and, of course, men’s underwear.
In a photo shoot that saw the 33-year-old Emmy-winning star of The Bear posing poolside at a picturesque Los Angeles estate (yes, often shirtless), White tried on looks like the brand’s signature swim trunks as well as an outfit of slim-fit jeans and a denim vest that showed off his torso. The line, described as cuts with a “relaxed, expressive style,” was the inspiration for White’s style this summer.
“I don’t care what people say – I think denim on denim will always look cool,” White said of the campaign in an interview with GQ. “We did the shoot in April and then (denim on denim) became my staple of summer evenings. It was a lot of denim button-downs and jeans.”
“I’m not really a fashion guy,” White admitted, but he noted that he is conscious of his own style and pays attention to “the silhouette, or how a shirt sits on the shoulders, or where jeans sit on the waist, the hem of the denim and where it ends on the boots or sneakers.”
“Comfort and durability are really important – I like to wear the same pair of jeans over and over again,” he said. “I have a kind of cycle with clothes: I’ll wear essentially the same thing for a month or even two months, or at least a variation of five or six different pieces.”
Jeremy Allen White’s spring campaign for Calvin Klein caused a stir on the Internet
In this West Coast installment of White’s partnership with Calvin Klein, he’s better dressed than in his previous campaign, which launched earlier this year and sparked an internet frenzy about the on-screen chef.
In the Spring 2024 campaign, the New York-born actor posed on the roof of a New York building. With the city’s famous skyline in the background, the “Shameless” alum did a shirtless pull-up and climbed up a ladder in just his underwear to cast brooding glances at the camera and relax on a sofa.
In his GQ interview, White spoke openly about the experience and why it was so different from acting in front of the camera.
“I felt so insecure before filming myself and it seemed kind of crazy,” he said.
“There’s a huge difference between acting in a film or on TV and being part of these campaigns or photo shoots. Because in film and TV, your job is to basically forget about the camera, and in these shoots, your partner is basically the photographer and the camera. So I was keen to get that right.”
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Despite his concerns, the response to the photo shoot was overwhelmingly positive, with photos shared not only online but also on billboards in New York City.
At the 2024 Golden Globes, which took place just days after the release of White’s spring campaign, he and his “The Bear” co-stars were inundated with questions about the images.
After winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor, White appeared backstage to answer questions from reporters. When asked what it was like to have people talking more about his six-pack than his acting, White admitted, “It’s been a weird couple of days.”
“I’m even more proud of that,” he said of his Golden Globe.
