For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
Ralph LaurenRead
I want my clothes, my stores, everything I design to have that feeling of being natural and easy. And that takes effort, but you try not to have it show.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of creating a natural and effortless aesthetic in design, which requires significant effort yet should appear seamless.
Ralph Lauren expresses a desire for his fashion creations to embody a sense of simplicity and comfort, reflecting a natural style that resonates with ease. He acknowledges that achieving this effortless look involves hard work and meticulous attention to detail, yet the ultimate aim is to present designs that feel spontaneous and unforced, allowing wearers to experience a genuine connection with the clothing.
In practice
In a fashion class, discussing how minimalism can convey elegance.
For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.
Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.
We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's really in the doing it, and loving what you're doing.
My philosophy has always been that I can sell chinos and T-shirts and $5,000 gowns - they just have to be the best of what they are.
We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.
I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.
With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.
I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.
When my mother did fittings for her clients, I was hiding, looking at these beautiful ladies try on these fantastic clothes. I was dreaming as a small child to try these clothes on myself.
Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself.
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