Brand Spotlight: Ralph Lauren (Polo Ralph Lauren, RRL, Purple Label) - Topic of the day 11/7/24

For better or worse, Ralph Lauren's impact has been seen in fashion, media, and society for over 50 years. What are your thoughts on Ralph Lauren and its various diffusion lines (Polo, RRL, Purple Label, etc.) here - their clothes, the quality ("quality") of their designs, the horse logo, Polo Bear, shifts over time, what the brand symbolizes, and more.
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Digs
Digs•4w ago
Rl one of the fashion brands if all time
I'm Lagging
I'm Lagging•4w ago
the bear is funky
Yakkeks
Yakkeks•4w ago
Polo bear cute, horse kinda mid but overhated Also this prompt is Lauren Ralph Lauren erasue 👿
Smiles
Smiles•4w ago
Good Lauren Ralph Lauren one of the worst decisions Ralph Lauren ever made
Yakkeks
Yakkeks•4w ago
true
Smiles
Smiles•4w ago
I mean RL is iconic americana obviously, they get away with a lot shit other brands catch flak for, they are huge and honestly the majority of their clothes are misses, but they make so much in kinda the "classics" they have something for everyone and are widely available, cheap used, and overall pretty good clothes
Yakkeks
Yakkeks•4w ago
though i cannot fathom anyone paying retail for their stuff
artvandelayimporting
goat secondhand brand right up there with the military industrial complex
Sam
Sam•4w ago
:linkYeah: I'll share some of my thoughts about the brand... When I get home.
Sal
Sal•4w ago
dude put my name on some pants but i hear they're good pants
ChatGPT
ChatGPT•4w ago
Well hello there, Washed Stretch Slim Fit
Holfram
Holfram•4w ago
PRL probably is the most represented brand in my wardrobe atp . Most, if not all of it, is second hand but there’s two or three pieces I bought at retail because they just spoke to me immediately. I agree with smiles though that most of the items are misses. Whenever Ralph’s western/workwear/ivy influences really shine through and it’s not just bullshit finance bro clothing that’s the good stuff. And with the past like 3 collections there always have been bangers in there even though many items are better in concept than in actual execution. Examples: the distressed chino I got at retail and it’s one of my fav pieces currently The Biedermeier inspired hat is cool in concept but too much of a costume piece to actually work imo
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sharloy
sharloy•4w ago
Double standard with RL and Bode about appropriation of native culture.
Holfram
Holfram•4w ago
Bode clown suit is appropriating my native culture since I’m a fucking clown But also yeah. Some of the western influences are very much native culture appropriated and honestly I don’t see why that needs to be the case. There’s plenty of good stuff in western culture that isn’t directly tied to native culture anymore.
artvandelayimporting
never gonna be able to wear my polo hat again smh
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Holfram
Holfram•4w ago
Bleach tf out of it and see what happens
Sam
Sam•4w ago
I was aware of the native cultural appropriation stuff a little bit But I didn't know the extent of it
Spuck
Spuck•4w ago
the bear is goofy
walter_crunkite
walter_crunkite•4w ago
never heard of it
myownmoses
myownmoses•4w ago
Interested to hear other opinions because most of what I know of the brand is from the ivy series in Articles of Interest, which was basically a big love letter to Ralph Lauren.
Mike P
Mike P•4w ago
Not counting the licensed goods and department store mainline stuff, Ralph collections are always amazing. And it’s hard to find a better retail experience than going into any of the different lines’ branded stores. It’s like stepping into another world. Their storytelling ability through different collections is second to none Same with their product development process
Garet
Garet•4w ago
RRL is the best label of Ralph Laurent currently imo. Fun styling and a cool webpage. I’m more of a Japanese repro guy myself so I have limited experience with RRL but it’s fun
raisinpie
raisinpie•4w ago
rrl goode, vintage prl goode, cultural appropriation bad I'll be here all day for more hot takes
selecttool
selecttool•4w ago
rrl chinos is the only chinos i own, i dont know what makes a good chino and what doesn't but i feel good wearing them
the_illest
the_illest•4w ago
I went on holidays to America in 2005 and spent all my savings on PRL polos so I could look like Kanye West (I am white and Irish)
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