• Marie Claire Dedicates 10-Page Spread To One Advertiser Designer

    All-American fashion, according to Marie Claire's July issue, apparently runs the gamut from Ralph Lauren, to Ralph Lauren Collection, to Ralph Lauren Black Label. An object lesson in the special ladymag economics of free advertising, after the jump.


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    This $2,998 coat is by Ralph Lauren Black Label. The jeans, from Ralph Lauren Blue Label, are $298, and the hat is vintage. Questions: Just how many lines does Ralph Lauren now have? Does anyone know for certain? Does Ralph Lauren know? Was it Marie Claire's objective to catalog them all? If so, why did they elide all the various Polos? (To be fair, like Marc Jacobs stores in the West Village, there are probably too many of those too count.)

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