Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren listen ; born Ralph Lifshitz; October 1, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and business executive, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation clothing company, a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. He has also become well known for his collection of rare automobiles, some of which have been displayed in museum exhibits. Lauren stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of the company in September 2015 but remains its Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. As of January 2015, Forbes estimates his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth14 October 1939
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
What's interesting about fashion is it's a world, and I think that's what I've done - I've made a contribution and I think I've built a world. The world is beyond just clothes. Taste and style is beyond clothes. It's in food; it's in quality.
The key to longevity is to keep doing what you do better than anyone else. We work real hard at that. It's about getting your message out to the consumer. It's about getting their trust, but also getting them excited, again and again. My clothes.. the clothes we make for the runway.. aren't concepts. They go into stores. Our stores. Thankfully, we have lots of them.
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.
When I create a collection, I approach it with a cinematic point of view-I am not designing clothes, I'm creating a world.
Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion.
Every time I design clothes, I'm making a movie.
The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they'll live. That's what I do.
I don't design clothes, I design dreams.
It's sport utility done in a dressed-up way,
I wanted to show the dimension and the international image of my work.
I started in the men's business, so I always sort of have a touch of menswear in terms of where I'm going, ... And I think one of the sexiest looks for women, instead of wearing a low cut thing, sometimes a man's suit is more.
The fabrics, whether it be hand-painted prints at the end, or whether it be new knits and stretch fabrics ... sort of make the whole world.
There is a short length that I'm doing ... and I'm doing some cropped pants and some long dresses and long skirts at the same time,
We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway.polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection business.