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#1 2008-08-13 06:58:15

Horace
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Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

http://gawker.com/5035361/did-ralph-lauren-embarrass-america

There is something pretty fucking crass about it all.


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#2 2008-08-13 07:26:47

Taylor McIntyre
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#3 2008-08-13 08:05:28

gentleman amateur
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

Yes, and he embarrassed himself, as well.  The blazers and trousers look gorgeous, but the logo mars them aesthetically and exemplifies tasteless commercialism.  Ditch the logo and they look classic.

 

#4 2008-08-13 09:34:13

Dorian
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

welll i think they should properly all be naked in the original spirit of the Games

viewership would rise along with other things


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#5 2008-08-13 11:26:10

heikki k
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

LOL

i'm with you re. nakedness! welcome to the forums btw!

 

#6 2008-08-13 12:02:22

Voltaire's Other Bastard
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

"Money talks; bullshit walks."

It also speaks volumes that the US Team's Opening Ceremony uniforms were slapped together in a Chinese sweatshop.  That's the kind of thing that causes AskAndyMen to ejaculate into their cornflakes.

Last edited by Voltaire's Other Bastard (2008-08-13 12:11:14)


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#7 2008-08-13 12:07:30

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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?


"A bonnet was worn twice 17 years apart, each time without irony."

 

#8 2008-08-13 12:28:56

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#9 2008-08-13 13:56:12

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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

My wife used to be a big fan of Polo, and when she was more affluent, she gave me quite a few RL shirts, mostly featuring that damned polo player logo. I disliked the little polo player but endured him. I would not be caught dead displaying the new, jumbo-sized polo player. I agree with Horace: the damn polo player spoils the uniforms.

I have never quite understood why people want to turn themselves into billboards for clothing manufacturers. I can halfway understand, if one is crazy about Harley-Davidsons, the desire to wear a Harley-Davidson T-shirt (although doing so unfailingly brands you as riffraff), but the desire--and all the young fellows seem to have it--to pominently display clothing manufacturers' names like "Hurley," "Billabong" or "Ruca" across their chests totally eludes me.

As my tastes have matured, I have come to strongly dislike any garment that publicly displays writing on it or any kind of representational art beyond small images of gamebirds and the like on neckties and pocket squares.

 

#10 2008-08-13 15:09:53

laxplayer
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

I'm not a fan of the caps, but I think the uniforms would have looked fine without the giant polo player. There must be a rule about excessive advertising, otherwise the US team would probably look like a NASCAR car. Which team wore the tan seersucker? Egypt? I thought they looked nice.

I prefer the winter Olympics, but I have enjoyed watching Michael Phelps dominate in swimming.


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#11 2008-08-13 17:31:00

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#12 2008-08-13 17:44:44

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#13 2008-08-13 18:19:47

Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

I always say: get that horseshit off your shirts!

otherwise they're fine,  but that Polo logo hurts...

it's got no style and it ain't got no class,

just that little pony makes you look like an ass!


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#14 2008-08-15 03:49:00

Horace
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?


""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.

 

#15 2008-08-15 13:43:40

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#16 2008-08-16 01:22:38

Horace
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

^^^  See Ralph's vulgarism was such that it made even Bosthist come out of retirement...


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#17 2008-08-27 13:52:59

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#18 2008-09-02 02:25:33

Horace
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Re: Did Ralph Lauren Embarrass America?

I'm just stunned by some who reason that because Ralph made or designed the togs, he's entitled to plaster his ugly brash and ugly moniker on it.  Had he really wanted to perpetuate the so-called "lifestyle," he'd 'ave been discreet.


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#19 2008-09-02 16:22:15

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#20 2008-09-02 16:25:16

Marc Grayson
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"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not."  Oscar Wilde

 

#21 2008-09-06 14:22:55

Tony Ventresca
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#22 2008-09-17 06:53:19

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#23 2008-09-17 14:47:49

captainpreppy
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#24 2008-09-18 04:19:15

Horace
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""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.

 

#25 2008-09-18 04:39:27

Taylor McIntyre
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