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Fashion designer

Ralph Lauren, a renowned American fashion designer, was born on October 14, 1939. His brand, Ralph Lauren, is recognized worldwide for its diverse range of products from clothing to home goods. Lauren's pursuit of classic aesthetics and interpretation of the American lifestyle have won him a global fan base.

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“I think the people who work with me are people who love style themselves. I'm leaving the office and they're still working. They're passionate.”

People Thinking Stills Style Office Leaving Passionate

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“I think I'm very fortunate to be born in America. And lucky to be able to have lived and had the opportunity to do what I want to do.”

Thinking Want Able America Opportunity Born Lucky Fortunate

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“I don't think I'm the gift of the world - I just do what I do, and I love it and I've been lucky.”

Thinking World Lucky

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“What's interesting about fashion is it's a world, and I think that's what I've done - I've made a contribution and I think I've built a world. The world is beyond just clothes. Taste and style is beyond clothes. It's in food; it's in quality.”

Thinking World Made Done Interesting Quality Fashion Style Taste Clothes Built Contribution

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“My day is pretty much busy. I do 15 million things in the course of a day. I'm holding up I think. I don't know how I look, but I think I'm holding up.”

Thinking Knows Looks Courses Millions Know How Busy

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“I don't like the word ['classic']. It makes you think we didn't do any work.”

Thinking Classic Make You Think

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“Success isn't based on 'look what I can do!' but more on an inner sense of self and believing you have something to say in your own consistent way. And I think we all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.”

Thinking World Way Believe Looks I Can Self Fighting Can Do Style Taste Unique Consistent Conform Sense Of Self Unique Style

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“I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.”

Ifs Thinking Way Want Done Yeah Extremes Notoriety

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“I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim. Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.”

Thinking Fashion Victim Plenty

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“When you're a kid, you think you can jump out the window and be okay. But when you get older, you think, "Wait a minute - I can't fly!"”

Thinking Kids Waiting Window Okay

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“I was sometimes embarrassed about making it - people look at you in a different way. You become this rich guy with the house. I wouldn't trade my life for anyone else's, but I've sometimes felt set apart from the people I work with. They think, "You're rich - you don't have problems."”

People Thinking Different Sometimes Problem Guy House Rich Trade Embarrassed

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“They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.”

Thinking Knows Should Looks Beautiful Fashion Victim Costumes

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“When you think of the blur of all the brands that are out there, the ones you believe in and the ones you remember, like Chanel and Armani, are the ones that stand for something. Fashion is about establishing an image that consumers can adapt to their own individuality. And it's an image that can change, that can evolve. It doesn't reinvent itself every two years.”

Thinking Years Believe Two Remember Change Fashion Individuality Brands Consumers Evolve Two Years Branding Blur Stand For Something Armani

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“I like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that's a great combination.”

Thinking Romance Combination Realism Glamour

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“I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.”

Thinking Looks Bigs Fall Girl Modern Exciting Falling In Love Necks Collars Accessories Think Big Earrings

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“I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.”

Thinking World Looks Said Design Ready Ties Boss Compliment Lauren

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“Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Seasons Legs Plenty Alternatives

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Born: October 14, 1939
Known for: Fashion designer
Quotes: 95

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