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Article: Polo player: the smooth style of Ralph Lauren.(Hot Line)(Brief Article)
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- Men's Fitness
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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Before Ralph Lauren made a name for himself in fashion's capital cities, offices were dismal dungeons populated by business-class stiffs in gray suits and skinny black neckwear. Consider that period the Dark Ages.
Then, in 1967, Lauren sparked a renaissance of sorts. He designed a me of ties he thought would help make businessmen stand out from their blah boardroom brethren. His ties were wider than the norm and came in flashier fabrics than men were used to wearing. The line grew, one he called it Polo, naming it after a classic sport that requires as much skill as it does a certain level of inbred cool Lauren put the dash in haberdashery.
Since then, ...