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Very Ralph

It was the big thingin the black community for someone of my color, and my mixed race to...

It was the big thing
in the black community for someone of my color, and my mixed race to be in something like that

Full Transcript

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It was the big thing in the black community
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for someone of my color,
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and my mixed race
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to be in something like that.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:14
Uploaded
Jun 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Pentimento Productions,HBO Documentary Films,HBO,Air Mail Documentaries

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Movie Summary

A documentary about the origin and the upgrowth of the fashion label Ralph Lauren.
No one had done that before on that level. - Very Ralph 00:05
No one had done that before on that level.
Here is a black man in a $3,000, $4,000 suit, - Very Ralph 00:08
Here is a black man in a $3,000, $4,000 suit,
Wall Street guys were lookin' at this, - Very Ralph 00:09
Wall Street guys were lookin' at this,
Ralph, he has always, always, - Very Ralph 00:08
Ralph, he has always, always,
He was one of the first to use African-Americans - Very Ralph 00:10
He was one of the first to use African-Americans
It wasn't a token person. - Very Ralph 00:04
It wasn't a token person.
You know, "Let's just check that box." - Very Ralph 00:08
You know, "Let's just check that box."
And they would become the face of Ralph Lauren. - Very Ralph 00:04
And they would become the face of Ralph Lauren.
And not many other people were doing it at the time - Very Ralph 00:06
And not many other people were doing it at the time
It was a big deal to have two people of color be in - Very Ralph 00:09
It was a big deal to have two people of color be in
When you can create a point of intersection - Very Ralph 00:16
When you can create a point of intersection
Ralph has been inspired by so many things - Very Ralph 00:08
Ralph has been inspired by so many things
And there are certain things that I love. - Very Ralph 00:04
And there are certain things that I love.
When I'm working on the collection, - Very Ralph 00:10
When I'm working on the collection,
They're all part of what goes in and then comes out. - Very Ralph 00:05
They're all part of what goes in and then comes out.
And things that I never knew I had, - Very Ralph 00:10
And things that I never knew I had,
My childhood, - Very Ralph 00:06
My childhood,
Everything I've experienced, everything that I've seen. - Very Ralph 00:05
Everything I've experienced, everything that I've ...
The creative process to him is, is like breathing. - Very Ralph 00:06
The creative process to him is, is like breathing.
There's walls full of clothes and sketches. - Very Ralph 00:05
There's walls full of clothes and sketches.