At golden hour in the Hamptons, Jude Law was deep in conversation with First Lady Jill Biden as Usher , draped in lemony linen, scooted past them to watch a group of equestrians lope around a primly manicured field. Elsewhere around the Water Mill horse stables that served as the venue for Thursday evening's Ralph Lauren spring/summer 2025 runway show, the swimmer Bobby Finke took selfie after selfie with other guests – he was, by my count, the first fashion week attendee of the season to accessorise his look with an Olympic gold medal. For a world builder par excellence like Ralph Lauren, no detail escapes his touch: his vintage automobiles were parked around the grounds, and the equestrian riders, of course, wore crisp white Polo shirts .
The post-show dinner was held in a replica of New York 's Polo Bar painstakingly constructed in a tent, a process that took five weeks for a one-night-only martini-fuelled blowout. “Ralph lives his life at a certain level, and he curates that feeling within the clothes and in the experience,” Usher noted, after posing for a photo with the First Lady.” Plus: “Our birthday is on the same day! October 14.
We're Libras.” What wasn't included in Ralph's airtight vision of Americana last night was a feeling that is often inescapable at New York Fashion Week, which officially starts today: anxiety. It's no secret that for years, American fashion has played the role of follower rather than leader.
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