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The idealization of the WASP-y American dream
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Very Ralph

The idealization of the WASP-yAmerican dream is a Hollywood notion, is a Jewish notion, is...

The idealization of the WASP-y
American dream is a Hollywood notion, is a Jewish notion, is a fashion business notion in America

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The idealization of the WASP-y American dream
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is a Hollywood notion,
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is a Jewish notion,
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is a fashion business notion in America.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:23
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.
And Ralph Lauren's work is very much about class. - Very Ralph 00:05
And Ralph Lauren's work is very much about class.
Like Hollywood, - Very Ralph 00:07
Like Hollywood,
I was always inspired by '30s or '40s movies. - Very Ralph 00:05
I was always inspired by '30s or '40s movies.
Movies made somewhere around the Depression. - Very Ralph 00:04
Movies made somewhere around the Depression.
They always reminded me of happy, - Very Ralph 00:06
They always reminded me of happy,
Could go to the movies for 10 cents, - Very Ralph 00:18
Could go to the movies for 10 cents,
This fantasy of the glamour of a beautiful penthouse, - Very Ralph 00:11
This fantasy of the glamour of a beautiful penthouse,
In the Ralph Lauren version of that, - Very Ralph 00:07
In the Ralph Lauren version of that,
Nobody's throwing a martini glass and smashing it. - Very Ralph 00:05
Nobody's throwing a martini glass and smashing it.
Ralph Lauren has always understood - Very Ralph 00:08
Ralph Lauren has always understood
They don't really want the world to be full of edge, - Very Ralph 00:07
They don't really want the world to be full of edge,
The brand is there to make you smile. - Very Ralph 00:04
The brand is there to make you smile.
And to make you feel like, you're, you're dressing the part. - Very Ralph 00:06
And to make you feel like, you're, you're dressing...
Ralph Lauren is not interested in stirring the pot. - Very Ralph 00:05
Ralph Lauren is not interested in stirring the pot.
He's not interested in the nitty-gritty. - Very Ralph 00:04
He's not interested in the nitty-gritty.
In another era, he would have been - Very Ralph 00:05
In another era, he would have been
He would have been able to conjure those dreams - Very Ralph 00:11
He would have been able to conjure those dreams
With Ralph, the proscenium has disappeared, - Very Ralph 00:10
With Ralph, the proscenium has disappeared,
And be fully in those worlds, - Very Ralph 00:05
And be fully in those worlds,
He has built his own world - Very Ralph 00:07
He has built his own world