Ralph Lauren
Designer: Ralph Lauren

• “Lauren unbottled a dose of Russian soul in his fur hats, black peaked caps and long velvet dresses.” [AFP]
• “This collection had Keira Knightly written all over it. I’m guessing Lauren was inspired, at least in part, by the story of ‘Anna Karenina,’ if not the recent film. But he brought new ideas to a historical look, and showed us some of the most extraordinary workmanship seen on any runway here this week.” [All The Rage/Los Angeles Times]
• “Ralph Lauren didn’t just have a muse for the fall collection he debuted on the final day of New York Fashion Week. He had a heroine.” [AP]
• “At Ralph Lauren, the designer left a box of chocolates and a billet-doux on the seat of every editor in his audience. His Valentine’s Day charm offensive continued on the catwalk.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “The entire show kept it in the family, so to speak, if you can take ‘family’ to mean decades of familiar, reassuringly luxurious Ralph Lauren codes. Lashings of military and maritime style came wrapped up in a half-Russian, half-flamenco bow.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “Decadent outerwear, luxe velvet dresses, and grand ballgowns fit for a czarina.” [fashionologie]
• “The S.S. Ralph Lauren pulled into port this morning on the final day of New York Fashion Week, depositing enough peacoats, admiral coats, passementerie, sailor pants and fisherman sweaters on his runway to make you think it was Fleet Week, not Fashion Week.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “It was his most fully realized, successful collection in a while.” [Style.com]
• “This was Lauren giving a contemporary master class in how you can simultaneously soften and dramatize black so that it doesn’t have to look stark and flat and sober, working it across many, many great (great) coats and myriad trousers.” [Vogue.com]
• “Ralph Lauren was bitten by the Anna Karenina bug it seemed this afternoon for its autumn/winter 2013-14 collection – to be specific, the magic of Russia over this specific heroine’s extravagant wares but there was a distinct Russian flavour here married with something of Les Misérables.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Ralph Lauren went to the merchant marine, or a chic facsimile of pea jackets, sailor pants, leather and salty-dog knits. Dressed in the style himself for his bow, Mr. Lauren will invite headlines like ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’ Well, he’s the boss.” [The New York Times]
• “He found dramatic romance worthy of a Tolstoy heroine. But why stay in one place? Lauren worked in a healthy Parisian soupcon that was a cross between hello-chic-sailor and Jean Valjean.” [WWD]