When it pertains to interior decoration, Ralph Lauren would be hard-pressed to identify any one enthusiasm. “I have actually never ever followed architectural guidelines or selected one ornamental style,” he confesses. “I enjoy modern. I enjoy American Nation, the Southwest, Bauhaus.” Throughout his famous profession, that polyglot perceptiveness has actually notified every element of his work and life, from his runway reveals to his own houses and collections. “I do not care if a thing is English, French, antique, or modern-day. It’s whatever interest my eye.” Simply put, he includes, “I’m a romantic.”
Those words, amongst numerous other intimate musings, resonate strongly in the design icon’s brand-new book, Ralph Lauren: A Method of Living (Rizzoli). Released on the 40th anniversary of Ralph Lauren House, the volume both studies the designer’s own residences and narrates the advancement of his trailblazing way of life brand name– released in 1983 as a home furnishings extension to his style empire. “Our houses are a canvas for living,” he composes. “Whether we reside in the city, the nation, on a farm, at the beach, in a penthouse or cabin, each is house and informs our story.”
