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    NY Fashion Week

    Ralph Lauren's big surprise: Designer doubles up on lifestyles of the rich and aspirational

    Clifford Pugh
    Feb 15, 2014 | 6:00 am

    NEW YORK — As hurricane-caliber winds hurled pellet-sized snowflakes toward my face and body on one of the worst mornings in the East Coast's longest winter, I thought to myself, "If it were any fashion show except Ralph Lauren, I would have stayed in bed."

    But like the U.S. Postal Service, I wasn't going to let miserable weather keep me from my appointed mission.

    Lauren always puts the finishing touches on fashion week with an elegant collection that sends you out feeling that American fashion is in good hands. His runway show in a jewel box-size venue is intimate (he does three back-to-back showings to keep the audience at each one manageable) and luxurious, with glittering chandeliers overlooking the catwalk and icy models in impeccably-tailored clothing that exemplifies lifestyles of the rich and aspirational.

    One inside the cozy confines of Laurenland, all was perfect — especially because the designer had a surprise in store with two runway shows in one.

    So what's a little snow and ice to get in the way?

    One inside the cozy confines of Laurenland, all was perfect — especially because the designer had a surprise in store with two runway shows in one. He is adding a new Polo Ralph Lauren collection for women in the fall (he's featured the successful men's Polo collection for quite a while), so he gave the fashion press a sneak preview with 25 looks.

    The collection, which features more moderately-priced clothing, runs the gamut of Lauren's greatest hits. It features western styles (fringe jackets, blanket-pattern dresses, serape cardigans), a salute to grunge (a floral dress paired with brown wool blazer, leggings and clog sandals), sherbet-colored cardigans, patchwork moto jackets and a menswear-inspired pinstripe suit with plaid flannel shirt.

    Maybe the customer won't buy this head-to-toe Lauren look, but there are plenty of separates to accent any woman's current wardrobe.

    The Ralph Lauren Collection that followed offers more elegant attire for a more affluent woman. Colors are muted — shades of mauve, grey and winter white predominate — and fabrics are luxurious. Even cashmere jogging pants and creme suede high-top sneakers take on a refined tone when paired with a pink tuxedo jacket or cashmere turtleneck.

    The collection also includes largely unadorned silk and jersey gowns, which substitute intricate draping, trains and capes for beading and embellishments to create the "wow" factor.

    Swathed in cashmere capes and ponchos, with over-the-knee kid suede boots, a woman can brave the elements looking like a fashion plate.

    I'd just hate to see her in a snowstorm.

    But the designer is prepared. He came out for his runway bow in a pair of snow boots from his Winter Olympics collection. Alas, the boots, which retail for $395, are sold out.

    Ralph Lauren Collection pale pink lame evening gown.

    Ralph Lauren Collection fall collection February 2014
      
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    Fall Fashion Preview

    Rag & Bone fall collection salutes Cosby and the working-class hipster

    Clifford Pugh
    Jul 29, 2014 | 12:13 pm
    Rag & Bone fall collection salutes Cosby and the working-class hipster
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    Model Georgia May Jagger in a satin back crepe bowling shirt, twill pant and stone suede hove boot.

    NEW YORK — Rag & Bone designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville are mixing it up for fall with a lot of different looks for the cool girl who doesn't want to try too hard to look hip. When the collection was shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week a few months ago, Georgia May Jagger (Mick and Jerry Hall's gorgeous gap-toothed daughter) strolled down the runway in a cream satin bowling shirt, with her name embroidered on it, and chocolate twill slack, setting the tone for the breezy collection.

    Wainwright and Neville teamed with Coogi, the original creator of the Cosby sweater, to update the textured knit in pencil skirts and cropped sweaters.

    There aren't a lot of office clothes in this collection that will arrive stores in a few weeks; instead Wainwright and Neville are in a casual, working-class mode, with buffalo check jackets, shearling work vests, paint-splattered skirts and pants, cropped sweaters and ribbed leggings.

    The duo even salutes, of all things, '80s-era Bill Cosby, with squiggly-patterned sweaters inspired by those worn by the comedian in The Cosby Show, one of the decade's most popular TV shows. Wainwright and Neville teamed with Coogi, the original creator of the Cosby sweater, to update the textured knit for pencil skirts and cropped sweaters.

    But R&B fans looking for something more formal to wear don't have to panic just yet. The duo includes a smattering of boyfriend blazers and jackets that they are known for in the Prince of Wales plaid and pinstripes for the young woman who wants to dress up at little bit more for any occasion.

    Model Georgia May Jagger in a satin back crepe bowling shirt, twill pant and stone suede hove boot.

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