Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion by Alan Flusser 2019 HCDJ

Description: Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashionby Alan FlusserNew and sealed in cellophaneHardcover with Dust jacketIllustratedNew York: Abrams, 2019ISBN 9781419741463 Brand new and sealed in shrink wrap plastic. Contents MENSWEAR "I Don't Do Shoulders, I Do Worlds"A Little Traveling MusicStarting with A Tie The One-Man BrandAn Audience of One Suiting HimselfThe Early YearsGetting the Gang TogetherUpon the Terra Firma of His Own TasteA Portfolio of Stories, Sittings & SightingsThe Polo Coat: The Man of La ManchaThe Polo Knit ShirtThe Polo Chino: Ivy League ReduxA Unconstructed TaleThe Picture Business: The Great GatsbyRRL: Ralph's Star-Spangled FashionReinvigorating the ClassicsColor Me: Summa Cum Loudly!Updated TweedRe-breeding the Fair IsleKeeping the Polo Shirt in the Pole PositionThe Polo Coat, Stretching Its Tradition and TurfPurple Label The International ToffFormal Wear Shirt Fronts for Real Studs WOMENSWEAR From Couture to Blue Jeans, Salon to StreetThe Birth of Modern American SportswearBorrowing From the BoysUpwards and Onwards The Learning CurveCircling the WagonsThe Santa Fe Collection, 1981Back to the Future, Fall 1982The Safari Campaign, Spring 1984The English Thoroughbred Campaign, Fall 1984The American Blue-BloodPolo Sport Putting the Sport Back into Sportswear, 1992From High Class to World ClassFashion Show PreambleMarrying the Runway to RealityThe Maestro MixThe Curtain Goes UpA Dressing Portfolio Chapeau to Shoe RESIDENCES, HOME, PUBLIC PORTALS, & VROOMS Residences: There's No Place Like HomeFifth Avenue, New York City Apartment, Perch PerfectMontauk: Knowing When the Imperfect Will SufficeColorado: Home on the RanchJamaica: The Miracle of Summer in the Winter Ralph Lauren Home: Investment Decorating Public Portals: Stores, Headquarters, and Eateries867 Madison Avenue: The Mansion888 Madison avenue: The Women's StoreCorporate Headquarters From the front dust cover flap: From the author of Dressing the Man--the definitive tome on men's fashion--comes this lavishly illustrated and intimately woven fashion biography of the iconic designer Ralph Lauren. As a fashion industry insider, Alan Flusser shows how a young man of modest means and no formal design training went ton to become culture's preeminent tastemaker. The book tells the story of a man who relied on his instincts and unique vision to chart his won course. In doing so, Lauren laid the groundwork for the fashion designer business model of the future. Having single-handedly invented lifestyle merchandising and advertising, the designer's environmental marketed 1983 Home Collection revolutionized the nation's home furnishing's industry. His 1986 flagship at Madison Avenue's 72nd Street changed designer retailing forever. Along the way, the married-with-children designer built one of the largest fashion empires while championing the maverick proposition of style over fashion. Using more that 350 photos from Lauren's storied archive, Flusser takes you from the designer's early inspiration to his renowned men's and women's collections, from his exclusive home designs to his five person residences and, finally to his museum-quality car collection. In its behind-the-scenes exploration of his world and vision, Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion is nothing less that a primer on the vanishing art of good taste. From the back dust cover flap [Author Bio]: Alan Flusser is an award-winning menswear designer and author. Flusser, president of Alan Flusser Design, a company he founded in 1979, received the Coty Award in 1984 as the top menswear designer and a Cutty Sark men's Fashion Award in 1979 for his first two books. Attracting national attention in 1985 for designing Michael Douglas's wardrobe in the movie Wall Street, he also received acclaim for his work on HBO's Barbarians at the Gate, American Psycho, and Scent of a Woman. Flusser is the author of a number of books about men's style, including the bestselling Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion. In 1988, he was awarded a permanent place on the International Best-Dressed List. Today Flusser continues to direct his Flusser Custom Shop in New York City, which he started in 1986 and designs a ready-to wear collection for the Stein Mart department store chain. Splitting his time between residences in manhattan and Southhampton, he has two daughters, tow grandchildren, and a Labradoodle grand-dog.

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