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Very Ralph

The first things we did for women when I first started were shirts, but they weremade in...

The first things we did for women when I first started were shirts, but they were
made in the men's factory

Full Transcript

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The first things we did
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for women when I first started
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were shirts, but they were made in the men's factory.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:47
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.
He had an image in his mind's eye - Very Ralph 00:06
He had an image in his mind's eye
And the stitches per inch, - Very Ralph 00:08
And the stitches per inch,
The tailor would go back and make something - Very Ralph 00:10
The tailor would go back and make something
The attention to every single detail on the shirt - Very Ralph 00:11
The attention to every single detail on the shirt
At the beginning, - Very Ralph 00:09
At the beginning,
And Ralph would stand in front of the fireplace; - Very Ralph 00:06
And Ralph would stand in front of the fireplace;
And he had Persian rugs, - Very Ralph 00:05
And he had Persian rugs,
And the showrooms were what would have been bedrooms. - Very Ralph 00:06
And the showrooms were what would have been bedrooms.
Didn't look like anybody else's showroom, - Very Ralph 00:06
Didn't look like anybody else's showroom,
He just loved the idea of this homey place. - Very Ralph 00:05
He just loved the idea of this homey place.
After that show, I said, - Very Ralph 00:06
After that show, I said,
And I said, "I just want you to know that this is it. - Very Ralph 00:04
And I said, "I just want you to know that this is it.
I wanna quit the women's. I want to leave on top." - Very Ralph 00:08
I wanna quit the women's. I want to leave on top."
How am I gonna do skirts? I don't know anything about skirts and dresses. - Very Ralph 00:05
How am I gonna do skirts? I don't know anything about s...
But I found seamstresses and sewers, - Very Ralph 00:10
But I found seamstresses and sewers,
Back in the '70s and '80s, - Very Ralph 00:08
Back in the '70s and '80s,
He saw their liberation. He saw their freedom. - Very Ralph 00:05
He saw their liberation. He saw their freedom.
Whenever you have a designer putting a woman in a tuxedo, - Very Ralph 00:14
Whenever you have a designer putting a woman in a tuxedo,
He just had this vision of the Ralph Lauren woman. - Very Ralph 00:05
He just had this vision of the Ralph Lauren woman.
Fresh, American, natural, - Very Ralph 00:08
Fresh, American, natural,