For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.
Ralph LaurenRead
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.
Interpretation
Strive for excellence in whatever you create, regardless of its price or type.
Ralph Lauren emphasizes the importance of quality and excellence in every product, whether it's a casual item like chinos and T-shirts or a luxurious gown. His philosophy showcases a commitment to delivering the best, transcending the boundaries of different price points and categories in fashion.
In practice
In a business seminar discussing the importance of product quality.
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.
We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.
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.
The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On the face of India are the tender expressions which carry the mark of the Creators hand.
When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.
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