Anna Wintour and Glenn Close among 100 guests of understated runway at Madison Avenue skyscraper
In recent years, the settings for Ralph Lauren’s runway shows have become spectacles, something akin to displays of the designer’s power and influence. There was Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain for his 50th anniversary, or the time he recreated his Manhattan living room at the Museum of Modern Art. He once even had a fleet of cars ferry guests to the garage of his home in Bedford, New York, where he keeps his famed automobile collection (estimated value: $400m). Regardless of the location, the message was clear: go big or go home.
So it was something of an about-face when for his latest collection, shown on Monday in New York, he chose the sleek skyscraper on Madison Avenue that houses his corporate headquarters to host just 100 guests, including Kerry Washington, Anna Wintour, Jessica Chastain and Glenn Close in a sparkling white suit. As far as these things go, it was an intimate affair. It was also, he said in his press notes, a callback to his first womenswear show in 1972, shown at his office to just a few editors and friends.
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