Articles
Made in China
As they trawl southern China's gritty manufacturing towns, weary apparel buyers from companies like Polo Ralph Lauren and Liz Claiborne find an unexpected oasis...
A Bronx Cowboy In Europe?
"It's like trying to sell ice to the Eskimos," says a London fashion writer. "It's like trying to sell sand to the Arabs," sniffs an executive at a competing...
Design: Potions Are In The Pink
Just as fashion and home furnishings follow color trends, so too do perfumes. Or at least that's the way it seems this season with the launch of three new...
Ralph's European Invasion
It's like trying to sell ice to the eskimos," says a london fashion writer. "it's like trying to sell sand to the Arabs," says an executive at a competing...
Family Matters
Like the children of many a successful parent, David Lauren, the second of Ralph and Ricky's three children, set out to carve a career for himself in a field...
Ralph Lauren's Rough Ride
In his antique-laden Madison Avenue office, Ralph Lauren, 59, the most successful fashion designer in American history and CEO of Polo Ralph Lauren, leans...
Fashion: The Anti-Calvin Is Here
The American male is a difficult species to dress. He hates to shop. He considers it daringly fashion-forward to wear a deep blue shirt instead of a pale blue...
H STANDS FOR HILFIGER
In spin language, they call it vision. In the annals of Seventh Avenue, it's known as persistence. Tommy Hilfiger, 45, began in the apparel business peddling...
FASHION: Getting a Leg Up
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, as Cole Porter noted. But now, God knows, anything goes. And now what's going is a new...
A Letter From the Publisher: Sep. 1, 1986
When TIME editors scheduled this week's cover story on Designer Ralph Lauren, Bonnie Angelo, TIME's Eastern regional bureau chief, tackled the bulk of the...
Books: Just the Way You Look Tonight Couture
Christian Dior created not only the New Look but a new silhouette every six months. Mme. Gres has been turning out her gently flowing dresses pretty much the...
Living: Cheers for the Home Team
Armani's strength is consolidated, his influence lasting. The fashion world pays homage, genuflects and, like a child peeking out from behind prayers, starts...
Momma's Legacy
Loehmann's, one of the first bargain retailers and lately one of the fastest growing, does not have customers; it has addicts. Says one shopper, a woman who...
Trademarks: Mad Dog on the Run
Businessman Barry Gottlieb, 34, is the scourge of preppiedom. First he designed a belly-up alligator that poked fun at the celebrated reptile on Izod Lacoste...
The Profit Of Prestigious Cancer Care
The cash flow for Sloan-Kettering comes from more than just drug markups. It also comes from the high pricing enabled by a great brand and an enterprise that has...
The Handmade Wars
Brett and crystal childs were living a hipster dream in Denver. They had taken a class in screen printing together to escape the stress of work; Brett, 28, was a...
The Pajama Game
On Calvin Royal III, left: Calvin Klein Collection gray textured-mohair overcoat; Brioni pajamas; Salvatore Ferragamo leather gloves; Santiago Gonzalez crocodile...
Pop Chart
OLYMPICS EDITION GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK McDonald's The fast-food giant will be the only vendor allowed to sell fries in Olympic Village. Debbie Dunn The U.S...
Survival of the Fittest
On Aug. 7 at 11:30 a.m., Hunter Kemper will jump into the water in the Serpentine, the famous lake in the former royal hunting ground in London now called Hyde...
Rivalries
It’s hard to miss Ryan Lochte. There he is, shirtless on the cover of Vogue. He’s one of the new faces of Gillette, and he’s featured in Ralph Lauren ads. On TV...
