The prairie babes who opened Ralph Lauren’s show Thursday sauntered down the runway in lean, cozy knits, feathered skirts, faux fur vests and sweeping ponchos perfect for life on the frontier. But even pioneer women have parties to attend, and the show took a sharp turn trading in its soft textures and sandy colors for slick big-city-ready eveningwear. The black masculine suits (complete with ties) and slinky, held-by-a-thread gowns got the job done, but our hearts were still back on the range.
Ralph Lauren Fall 2015
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