Mr. America
From rugby shirts to southwestern-motif sweaters and prairie skirts, Ralph Lauren has taken the canon of traditional all-American clothing and made it his own.
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Ralph Lauren Collection’s black wool and faux-leopard coat, maroon silk velvet vest and black wool pants, all 1994; white cotton shirt, at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlauren.com. Unless otherwise noted, all clothes from Ralph Lauren Collection, and all accessories from Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Blue Label and RLX.
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Wool jacket, 1989, cotton shirt, 1977, and cotton skirt, 1982; Ralph Lauren Blue Label’s cotton henley, at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlauren.com. Frye boots.
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Multicolored wool jacket, 1990.
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From rugby shirts to southwestern-motif sweaters and prairie skirts, Ralph Lauren has taken the canon of traditional all-American clothing and made it his own. Multicolored wool robe, 1990.
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Wool flannel shirt, 1984.
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Navy wool crepe jacket, 1990.
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Wool tweed jacket and pants and silk satin shirt, all 1984, and wool sweater, circa 1980.
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Ralph Lauren Black Label’s black cotton jeans, at select Ralph Lauren stores. Archangel Antiques ring.
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Wool cardigan, 1981, cotton shirt, 1977, and cotton skirt, 1982.
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Blue Label’s black wool tuxedo jacket, at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlauren.com; white cotton shirt, 1979.
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Blue Label’s cream cotton sweater, at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlauren.com.
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Cotton shirts, 1982.
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Black wool tuxedo jacket, at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlauren.com; white linen vest, 2006, white cotton shirt, 1979, and black wool pants, 1994.