Rudyard Kipling said that, “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten”. Thank God, then, for Ralph Lauren, who has, in more than half a century, proved himself the master storyteller of our time, a man whose sartorial tapestry has broadened our capacity to connect with America’s history and cultures. As our Founder, Wei Koh, said in Very Ralph, the HBO documentary on Lauren, “He finds beauty in every aspect of American culture, whether it be Native American, whether it be cowboy or Ivy League culture — he finds a nobility in each of them. Ralph Lauren democratised the whole idea of what was stylish, and that’s the story of America.”
This democratisation means no one can be left behind. The latest exploration of…
