The United States is already struggling to maintain any respect in the world, and now Ralph Lauren, who is always tasked with designing the USA Olympic uniforms, is trying to portray us all as Hamptons-humping WASPs just off an outing on a yacht. Well lookie here, old Gatsby, old boy, our athletes will sneer before…
Ralph Lauren, a designer virtually synonymous with a certain preppy-American country club aesthetic, is stepping down from his post as CEO of the company that bears his name. Stefan Larsson, a former H&M executive and president of Old Navy, will replace Lauren in November.
Tinashe is featured in the new fall campaign for Ralph Lauren’s Denim & Supply line. This is a video of her covering “Express Yourself” with Cody Simpson, for an ad where everyone’s only job is to look cool while having the time of their lives.
While the fall 2014 collection shown today by Ralph Lauren doesn't contain a ton of new ideas, the ensembles — slinky column gowns, sleek power suits, fluffy chubby jackets and luxe tailored coats Olivia Pope would die for — are really freaking beautiful.
Today Ralph Lauren unveiled the Team USA uniforms for the Sochi Winter Olympics, and every item is made in the United States.
Ralph Lauren's spring 2014 collection, presented today as part of New York Fashion Week, was bold, bright, and eye-catching. This line mixes mod and menswear to varying degrees throughout — black and white geometric patterns adorning suits (feat. geometric patterned ties), vibrant colors, sleek silhouettes, and…
Ralph Lauren is known for doing luxe Americana, but the fall 2013 collection he showed today — as New York Fashion week draws to a close — had European influences. Some of the hats seemed Russian; the carpet bags looked like from elsewhere in Eastern Europe; there were Spanish ruffles and French berets. Oh, and in…
Ralph Lauren is known for fetishizing Americana, but last night's presentation of the Spring 2013 collection had a decidedly Spanish flair. It was unclear whether he was referencing the Iberian peninsula or Mexico, Argentina or Chile, but there were flamenco flounces, vaquero hats, and dresses as red as the Castilian…
Listen, tiny hands are great and all, but they are so three days ago. We constantly need to keep evolving as a society (and by that I mean inventing new internet memes), or we are never going to survive. Thankfully, Ralph Lauren, a brand which so brilliantly manages to be classic and forward-thinking at the same time,…
Calvin Klein gave a rare public interview at 92Y this week, where he spoke with former head of New York fashion week Fern Mallis. The 68-year-old retired designer discussed addiction, his boyfriend, 21-year-old porn star Nicholas Gruber, Kate Moss, selling his company — and growing up in the same Bronx neighborhood as…
Ralph Lauren polo shirts are apparently a growing trend among Mexican drug kingpins, and young people enamored of their infamy are following suit. Says a psychologist, "There is an aspirational crisis in Mexico today in which young people have lost faith in legal means for social advancement and see the 'narcos' as…
Ralph Lauren's show was like a 1930s movie: black and white and sleek all over!
For the first time since its famous all-black issue of July, 2008, Italian Vogue has printed a magnificent 17-page editorial, featuring twelve black models. The story is definitely reaching for a languid, finger-curled, Harlem Renaissance feeling. Let's explore.
Oh, gosh, of course! So: the Ferraris are mainly red, the Jaguars are dark green, and the Porsches are black. This is what a lifetime of selling ties got Ralph Lifshitz.
Former model Lauren Bush and fashion heir David Lauren are engaged, according to Neiman Marcus' Twitter account. Hilarious name change possibility alert!
Here is an internal Harper's Bazaar document that lists the brands to feature in upcoming editorial spreads, ranked according to priority — and helpfully divided between "Advertisers" and "Non-Advertisers." This is how your ladymag sausage gets made.
Ralph Lauren is obsessed with Americana, and today's spring 2011 collection was a romanticization of The West. Think wide open spaces, prairie prints, cowgirl plaids, leather, lace. Think Paul Newman on a bike in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid!
Meet Selina Khan. She grew up in Martinique, where she just graduated from high school, and she's been modeling since her early teens. We asked her to take us to all her castings and show us what modeling's really like.