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10 Best Moments from ‘Very Ralph,” The Documentary Chronicling Five Decades of Lauren's Incredible Career

28 days ago | By 10 magazine

He's built one of fashion's most recognisable and enduring brands and to mark his 50th anniversary in business, Ralph Lauren has collaborated with HBO and Sky on a feature length fashion documentary. It details the story of Lauren's rise from a Bronx teen with an uncanny sense of taste to the man who came to define American style. Along the way, he revolutionised retail (his flagship stores were like complete worlds, which shoppers entered into as if stepping onto a film set) and brand building (he went public in 1997, to the tune of $767m). In Very Ralph , the 80-year-old design legend...
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Very Ralph review - a flashy designer documentary that's so last season

28 days ago | By The Guardian

HBO's look at Ralph Lauren's multi-billion-dollar fashion empire delves into an American Dream come true. But post-Trump, it feels more grotesque than glitzy The rags-to-riches story of Ralph Lauren is something to behold. Born Ralph Lifshitz on 14 October 1939 in the Bronx to Ashkenazi Jewish parents from Belarus, he shared a bedroom with his two brothers and had no formal fashion training. Instead of going to a prestigious fashion school, he started his career flogging ties from a drawer in a showroom in the Empire State Building. Now, that is but a distant memory; Lauren's brand is...
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