For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
Ralph LaurenRead
Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.
Interpretation
Fashion constantly changes, but true style endures over time.
In this quote, Ralph Lauren emphasizes the difference between fleeting fashion trends and lasting personal style. While fashion can be influenced by seasons and popular culture, style represents an individual's unique identity and taste, which remains constant despite the changing landscape of trends.
In practice
During a fashion seminar to discuss the importance of personal branding.
For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
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Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.
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