For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
Ralph LaurenRead
I’ve always been about style for people, not ‘You’re going to wear this outfit,’... It was the way you put yourself together and the imagination, not buying this number off the rack, but the way you wear it
Interpretation
Style is about personal expression and imagination rather than simply following trends.
Ralph Lauren emphasizes that true style transcends mere fashion; it's about how one presents themselves and the creativity they bring to their appearance. He believes that it’s not enough to wear a trendy outfit; what matters is the individual's unique way of putting themselves together, showcasing their personal flair and imagination in fashion.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a fashion seminar on personal branding and style.
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.
My relationship with fashion has always been that each of us stars in our own movies and costumes ourselves to play the part we want. You take blouses and jeans and dresses, and you put them together, and they tell your story.
Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous.
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.
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