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Ralph Lauren Quotes


An American fashion designer and business executive.
(1939 - )


A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
[Leadership]

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women that want to look sexy. They want to look smart.

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.

It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.