Fashion
Ralph Lauren Collection RTW Fall 2014: A Glamorous Upper East Side Winter
Ralph Lauren can be a little red-white-and-blue-yeehaw for my taste sometimes (see: our fair country's Olympic uniforms), but Thursday's show was a far cry from his suntanned, preppy, Kennedy-esque roots. Instead, Lauren gave us a breath of cold air in the middle of winter; a study in icy glamour.
Though The Cut is criticizing Lauren's collection for being oblivious to the harsh realities of winter weather, I found the show to be the polar opposite — these clothes are winter personified, in all her feathery, chilly, pale beauty. A few of the outfits were a little stuffy — and the Ralph Lauren Polo collection, also shown Friday, was full of predictably cutesy, Southwestern-inspired, ultra-wearable Americana — but the Collection itself, all in dove gray, pale pink, and white, was what took my (frozen) breath away.
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Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
A true snow queen doesn’t fear bare shoulders.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
World’s hippest mother of the bride outfit.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Real flappers wear their spines on the outside.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
It’s not just a power suit, it’s a power lifestyle.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Monochrome is for rich people.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Cleavage is for ordinary people.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Bras are for boring people.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
After a life of blue collar crime, Bonnie (of Bonnie & Clyde) switched over to to white-collar.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
It’s never too early for a ruff.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
The bigger the cape, the closer to Cape Cod.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Who said CEOs can’t wear jumpsuits?
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
The Oscars are for amateurs.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
There’s that famed simplicity that only money can buy.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
You called?
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Business up top, party (at the Plaza) down below.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Coffee run.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Babysitting gig.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
She made all her money at Studio 54, but we don’t mention those days.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Bored with all-white everything? Just add fur.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
She’d never dream of letting her hair down, so her scarf does all the talking.
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
Money can definitely buy embellishments — but does it want to?
Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2014
She liked her capes like she liked her men: gray and trailing behind her.
