Mr. AMERICA

From rugby shirts to southwestern-motif sweaters and prairie skirts, Ralph Lauren has taken the canon of traditional all-American clothing and made it his own.

Photographs by David Sims
Styled by Alex White

October 2007

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Ralph Lauren Collection’s black wool and faux-leopard coat, maroon silk velvet vest and black wool pants, all 1994; white cotton shirt, at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlauren.com. Unless otherwise noted, all clothes from Ralph Lauren Collection, and all accessories from Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Blue Label and RLX.

Keywords: Ralph Lauren,; Ralph Lauren Collection,; Black Label,; Blue Label,; rugby shirts,; prairie skirts,; American

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