How Ralph Lauren styled the American dream

Legendary fashion designer Ralph Lauren has stepped down as CEO. But he's far from having given up all control of the fashion house he created.

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Ralph Lauren fell for a particular version of Englishness

"The world of Ralph Lauren," wrote Jonathan Raban in his travelogue of America, is "a version of pastoral" a world with no peasants, no faulty plumbing, bad teeth or damp homes. Despite his reputation as the designer who "styled the American dream", he sought inspiration globally falling especially for a particular version of "Englishness" inspired by Brideshead Revisited.

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