For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
Ralph LaurenRead
People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.
Interpretation
Dreams and aspirations can transcend social and economic backgrounds.
In this quote, Ralph Lauren emphasizes that it is not one's social class or wealth that determines success, but rather the power of dreams and the determination to pursue them. He reflects on his background, showing that despite coming from a humble upbringing, it was his dreams that guided him to create a successful fashion brand, reinforcing the idea that with passion and vision, anyone can achieve their goals regardless of their starting point in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing dreams despite adversity.
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.
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.
Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
Champions are pioneers, and pioneers get shot at. The companies that get the most from champions, therefore, are those that have rich support network so their pioneers will flourish. This point is so important it's hard to overstress. No support systems, no champions. No champions, no innovations.
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.
Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.
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