A Bengal stripe business shirt (no, make that two shirts) worn with a school stripe knotted tie (the foundational Ralph Lauren garment) over a pair of paint-splatter boyfriend jeans secured by a woven belt. A fitted full-length dress, simply cut, in navy fine-knit for evening or (in a slightly different cut) gray cotton jersey for day. A gray flannel three-piece business suit worn with pants hemmed long to break over sneakers, and layered under a fringed suede ranch jacket. A cable knit bomber, very cool, worn over a cravat, gray sweatshirt, oxblood leather pants and equestrian boots.
All of the above Polo womenswear looks were on the menu at a presentation held in the covered courtyard space of Ralph Lauren’s St. Germain store and restaurant. The ingredients appeared solid enough, but what really made this collection stand out was the manner in which the garments were blended into a mix of complementary oppositions spanning multiple genres of clothing: a melting pot. I can’t think of many other brands (in fact just Undercover) with the cojones to present jersey sweatpants at Paris Fashion Week this season. Here they were worn gray beneath a killer horsehair topcoat in leopard spots, green under a finely-defined crombie in a material that resembled loden, and finally scarlet under a navy topcoat: stars and stripes colors.
The chief accessory to this classing Lauren mixology was the Polo Play, a newish unlined leather tote that looked like something you might pick up from an independent craftsman in Florence, but which was available in the same multitude of hues as Lauren’s cable knits that were piled next door.
The democratic and diverse approach to daywear rolled on into night. Especially cool were the black leather shorts and bomber (with embossed polo player on its back), and a men’s tuxedo shirt transformed by lengthening into a romantic yet practical “evening gown.” By mixing the existing, Polo found newness from every corner.
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