How Often Do You Wear RL

I'm struggling to understand the difference between "queens who still think Diesel is cool" and "queens who still wear Ralph Lauren clothing"

The only people that wear Ralph Lauren are Mexicans that steal peoples clothes out of the donation bin

I love the sweaters with Polo Bears on them.

I wear RL a lot, but only items with the tiny polo player. I don’t like the ones with the huge, hand-sized polo player. I’d prefer items with no logo at all. I hated that about clothing in the 1980s, when people wore branded clothing all the time. My Dad had his own company, and I only wore clothing with our name on it, or no name, or I wore nothing at all.

One time I forgot to bring shorts when I vacationed in Ptown for the week. I just wore my boxer shorts around town. I was probably 25 at the time. Nobody complained.

I have a lot of RL stuff but nothing with the little polo player. I find the stuff to be of very good quality and have had some things for years. My favorite item is a pair of white boxer briefs that were given to me by a guy I was dating. We were out having dinner at Aquagrill in NYC and started to talk dirty at the table. He went to the restroom and took off the briefs and handed them to me when he came back to the table.

I only wear "Four Season Complete Landscaping" shirts.

Polo makes you look as if you shop at T. J. Maxx.

R5 Being handed a part of dirty underpants while I'm eating dinner would make me vomit.

All the Mexicans standing in front of Home Depot wear them

One thing I like about Polo is they make clothing for tall thin guys. And I have long arms. It was always hard for me to find clothing that fit. Most shirts, for example, expected me to have a much larger waist. We were discussing flying one time and my favorite insult was when a DLer said I was an oversized gorilla that had no business flying coach.

Hi OP

It's 1992

I want my Diesel jeans and Ralph Lauren shirts back NOW!

I have a few RL items in my closet. Would have answered "occasionally" but OP didn't include that as a survey option.

This poll would have been more relevant 35 years ago.

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My partner wears it some. Me never, I dont have any. Walmart and K mart dont carry it, and they dont do wifebeaters

I don't pay to advertise a company on my body.

I like The Big Shirt.

Since I'm no longer a teenager in the late 90s, never!!!

Actually, they DO make wife-beaters.

Anyone who pays for a garment emblazoned with a brand that way is an imbecile.

It's been watered down for the masses - there's no difference between Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. It's marked up crap.

Unless you're talking about the high-end line. He makes BEAUTIFUL clothes - with price tags to match. But I don't think you're referring to that.

But I wouldn't buy his high-end stuff either - if I were going to spend that much money, I'd go for Italian designers. Better fabrics and cuts.

I see to love to wear wife beaters when I was in my 20s and 30s and had the bod for it.

Btw, you know they went bankrupt, right? I think it was last Spring. It was too early to be COVID related, I thought. They dumped their debt and reorganized. No word yet as to whether they will close, or be able to recover.

I’m familiar enough with their sizes that I do most of my ordering onlone, and just return things if they are unexpectedly hideous IRL.

My art school dropout cum career criminal (but gorgeous ex-teen model) friend told me vintage Diesel is cool right now

Polo was big in the 80s when I was in college. The only thing of his I had was a pair of chinos. I avoided like the plague those boldly colored shirts with gigantic fake "coats of arms" adorning them. This was among the worst examples of the early 80s understated preppy turn away from 70s exuberance being appropriated and vulgarized back into tacky excess.

Queen @ OP is confused by his own question. Diesel just hired Glenn Martens to be their new creative director, he’s the current creative director of Y/Project which is arguably one of the coolest labels around. Your question really shows up your lack of knowledge of current developments in the fashion world LOL*.

*Oh I should explain ‘lol’ doesn’t mean “lots of love” OP.

Diesel still makes quality clothing.

For philistine OP

Nothing worse than label queens.

My weed smoking cardigan is RL. It’s cableknit wool that needs a shave and a woolite soak (ruins the wool eventually).

I wear that man’s wool clothing daily. Good job! Rugby looked great, but the quality sucked balls. Chaps made me feel like I could sell life insurance to pudgy straight people, pardon myself, and then go jerk off in a bathroom stall of an Applebee’s.

Given we're all at home in sweats for the next six months, why is clothing even an issue?

R30 who makes your sweats?

Ling-Mei Zhang and her team at the Adidas factory outside Guangzhou, R31

Who makes yours?

Everyday.

But only Purple Label.

Frankly, people who wear clothing with any kind of designer or corporate logo on them look silly to me. Why are you letting your body become a billboard?

Why not just walk around with a big "PepsiCo" or "Twitter" logo in your shirt?

I have a beautiful belt that I wear sometimes. It's such thick leather, heavy brassware, always looks brand new even though it must have been bought around 2003.

I gave goodwill my shirts with little polo horses on them, too preppy.

I'm still furious they cancelled RL Safari fragrance. I loved that stuff.

They sold some nice USA made chinos ca. 1990.

I can’t believe people are still commenting. DL really does love RL!

Passion.

Collection.

Addiction.

I have one Polo shirt, but for the life of me, I didn't know until this thread that Polo was Ralph Lauren.

Wearing clothes with the designer's name or logo is tacky. Why should you be a walking advert for them?

R2 + R8

hater slime fucker

People seem to love wearing clothes with names on them, if not the maker then some school or organization or cause.

My old Ralph Lauren shirts are made very well….still have them …still wear them….quality product….and I bought them like 25 years ago……usually on sale because I’m such a cheap fucker…..but I like getting something quality…. cheap

OP: Do you have a financial arrangement with Ralph or what?

I googled and it seems Diesel jeans still exist and are even sold at Nordstrom

I had not thought of them since high school in the early 00s and even then they were on their way out.

Maybe they are a revival, like JNCOs....

I wish I did! Certainly wouldn’t be sitting on my sofa looking at DL right now.

R42

I cut my labels off……I don’t want strangers knowing what size I wear…..it’s personal

I like the collared shirts with the small polo logo. They fit me and have held up well. They are comfortable and look much nicer than wearing a t-shirt or tank top.

A lot. I am always looking out for vintage Ralph in the thrift shops and have collected so many beautiful items. Suede, cashmere, hand-knit wool…

The new stuff doesn’t interest me, as the quality is lacking. The early Ralph is beautifully-made and rarely looks dated.

Even young guys are wearing Ralph Lauren.

Perfect chino pants.

Luca Turin says that ROMANCE FOR MEN EdP smells insipid and like expensive nothing, and I believe him.

[quote] "The fragrance is so unmemorable that the only appropriate review is, 'It has a smell.'"

[quote]Anyone who pays for a garment emblazoned with a brand that way is an imbecile.

And tacky and chavvy. And fat skank OP thought she had a better taste. hahahaha

R51 he would look better without those pants, I'd gladly pull them down for him