**The Official Ralph Lauren Polo Thread**

[jamesjyers]

SSENSE just put the white dressing gown/robe on sale.

This isn’t on Ralph website as part of the resort collection. They only had the black. Ssense somehow got white as an exclusive 2nd colorway.

Beautiful, functional but ridiculously priced at $1095. At $350? I grabbed the white one as well.

Sizes left below

 

[nimisiskrash]

Please read nimisiskrash 's post again. That Hi Tech Pullover is a new classic. It's yours, so do what you like. But, I'll leave this pic of Rae here to help you with your decision:

I have to ask my peoples bpk (standing behind rea w/ the blue-green tec on ) what event this was)

This pic makes me wonder how it would have looked if Polo Hi Tech would have been Snow Beach instead. Hard to picture Rae w/o the iconic Snow Beach.

Na whole line is overrated imo (a few exceptions pieces) and it’s kool to see another fly MF rocking something else that’s dope

And what’s up with this being priced at $498

Lol wtf??? I didn’t pay nowhere this much for any of my reversible RL jackets. Overpriced like most things these days

Well, I guess we're the outliers here, because that big blow-up HI TECH on the front is one of the main reasons I've never once thought of possessing that jacket. I DO like it when I see someone wearing it, (as in that Rae pick above). And I do understand that it is basically the 2020s Snow Beach. But I would really REALLY like it if was plain front like you described above. I guess that's why I did this;

It's funny these last few posts about do/do not remix it, cause I logged on to post this goofy thing;

Meeehhh... for $55.00 in my size? One is almost obligated to cop. But truth be told, I just can't rock with these Crayola colors. That screaming yellow hood and that green front pocket is all I can see in the mirror. There will be a laying of hands. And then I log in and you guys are talking about removing letters/painting/dying/drying, "do or do not, there is no try (lol)"... interesting read. LOL.

Patch comes off, Rit dye remover to tone down the colors, then a solid-color re-dye. The patch will go back on, probably on the arm. Believe it or not, I can live with the letters down the sleeve, although I am mad curious about the process of removing them. I don't plan to, but... who knows.

I don't flip Polo anymore, so resell value is of no concern. Oddly enough, this new-style "Old Navy" material blend they used is comfortable as ****! I'm wearing this thing as I type, and man, this thing feels great. I wasn't expecting that.

Now, on to the REAL Hi Tech. That pureness, that essence, that Hi Tech done right, the first time.; these recently acquired Hi tech, (yes, I'm using the term interchangeably), booties from 1993.

From the seller:

"Bought at the (defunct) Polo Sport Ski Lodge on 72nd Street and Madison ave in Manhattan nYC during the opening in 1993 (while hanging with Azad, Bloomingdale's 59th st rep at the time, that became the Polo Sport Lodges RRL Specialist in early 1994) Good times - All logos attached. "

OG, 29 years old. I am the second owner. Purchased purely as a collectible. Apparently woven out of pure Unobtainium. For the life of me, I've railed at the heavens above as to WHY Ralphie never made some "proper" Hi Tech socks. Well, apparently he did, (or got close - these are "booties", almost like an over-sock or moccasin build). But he must have made them in so few numbers, when these popped up a few weeks ago, it was the first time I've ever seen them. Take a screenshot, because this is probably the only place you will ever see them. Laugh if you must, but, as plain and simple as it is, this is the type of item that keeps me still even in the game, and on the hunt. And the hunt continues...

I’m not mad at the removal of the patch fame (another dope pice I passed on $100 at a tj maxx in atl ) I would like to double up on that jacket to do the custom I suggested.

passed on that hood for same reasons
It would get no burn and I’m already getting rid of a lot of my stash (hit me on the gram or da bay)
So I have to tell my 16 year old clubbing dancing self go sit cho **s down somewhere lol

Ok to the socks
They are kinda a booty but I only wore them as socks. They are very popular polar-tec material as that’s what rl and many companies was using for there fleece at the time
I have never and I mean never heard the polo sport store referred to as the “polo lodge” *****
One not only did i work construction at the site for a few months (story in itself) but was also at the grand opening ( Ralph pulled up on some Barry white is in a white/gold rolls )
and never herd one person or advertising refer to the sport store as such. Retail was $20 a pop (first time I ever payed that much for socks)
A lot of first time pieces was available at this location, the country boots,the gothic sweatsuits,these socks and the first RRL location ever. This spot was ill, it’s now the flagship woman's and children’s location Right across the street from the Rhinelander mansion on 72nd and mad.

Everything in this picture has been retroed at some point to various degrees in the last five +years. Idk if that good or bad

The vest looks SO much better IMHO!

Can you still see the "shadow" where the stiches were?

Most of the Hi Tech I remember from the 90's would be missed if you blinked.

Very few people realized Mary J Blige's jacket was Hi Tech in the Check it Out / Puba video

Had the same jacket and the only badge was inside the flap.

Na this line was everywhere and I mean everywhere so seeing any fly gear on tv or movies was nothing for my era. It’s not not like now “what celebrity’s rocked” nonsense,
who gives a ****
We never jacked that. Again we lived in real time
I also get other regions didn’t have access to everything we had in nyc. It’s all gravy.

This the only Pesci Polo I know...





Dem Blacktops doe

Dam right!!!! I went to the movies to see the super when he threw the tennis ball at the wall like flys up..

Vest: no shadow. You can't tell it was ever there. That is due to painstakingly patient removal, (props, me), and, (if need be,) after removal wash in cold. That relaxes the fabric where the stitches were back to natural, and that "hole shape" you are thinking of is as if it never was.

I will say this; you have to have a gut of steel to do this and go in being prepared to potentially ruin an item worth possibly $500.00. It may not work! Are you prepared for that? Ask yourself that before you mess with anything. I steeled my resolve a long time ago. Won most. Lost some.

Mary's jacket; It's actually a P2 Racing patch, and it was inside the flap. If you had it, that's the same jacket. But the low-key principle is the same - mad hidden. That whole video is Lo flooded, and the viewer had to know, to know.

Protons Electrons Always Cause Explosions to Puba Maxwell.

Yeah I have recked many items since the late 80’s I long since forgot about. Again got to remember we was living in real time and these pieces was just more add on’s to other items and it wasn’t just lo that’s the misconception about this era in fashion.

 

[Famousname]

I have to ask my peoples bpk (standing behind rea w/ the blue-green tec on ) what event this was)

Na whole line is overrated imo (a few exceptions pieces) and it’s kool to see another fly MF rocking something else that’s dope

Lol wtf??? I didn’t pay nowhere this much for any of my reversible RL jackets. Overpriced like most things these days

I’m not mad at the removal of the patch fame (another dope pice I passed on $100 at a tj maxx in atl ) I would like to double up on that jacket to do the custom I suggested.

passed on that hood for same reasons
It would get no burn and I’m already getting rid of a lot of my stash (hit me on the gram or da bay)
So I have to tell my 16 year old clubbing dancing self go sit cho **s down somewhere lol

Ok to the socks
They are kinda a booty but I only wore them as socks. They are very popular polar-tec material as that’s what rl and many companies was using for there fleece at the time
I have never and I mean never heard the polo sport store referred to as the “polo lodge” *****
One not only did i work construction at the site for a few months (story in itself) but was also at the grand opening ( Ralph pulled up on some Barry white is in a white/gold rolls )
and never herd one person or advertising refer to the sport store as such. Retail was $20 a pop (first time I ever payed that much for socks)
A lot of first time pieces was available at this location, the country boots,the gothic sweatsuits,these socks and the first RRL location ever. This spot was ill,it’s not the flagship woman's and children’s location Right across the street from the Rhinelander mansion on 72nd and mad.

Everything in this picture has been retroed at some point to various degrees in the last five +years. Idk if that good or bad

Na this line was everywhere and I mean everywhere so seeing any fly gear on tv or movies was nothing for my era. It’s not not like now “what celebrity’s rocked” nonsense,
who gives a ****
We never jacked that. Again we lived in real time
I also get other regions didn’t have access to everything we had in nyc. It’s all gravy.

Dam right!!!! I went to the movies to see the super when he threw the tennis ball at the wall like flys up..

Yeah I have recked many items since the late 80’s I long since forgot about. Again got to remember we was living in real time and these pieces was just more add on’s to other items and it wasn’t just lo that’s the misconception about this era in fashion.

1000% on this whole post. Blown away by the socks. I thought I'd never seen these before, but your OG throwback pic reminds me maybe I have seen them in a flick, (possibly yours) before, but they weren't mentioned, just there in the background, like, "are those socks?" I think I even asked the poster that at the time. May very well have been your pic, VGA days?

Question; did he ever do "regular" white athletic socks in this style? And what other oddities of this vein can you remember from the OG drops? I know he did gloves, even in the 2018 drop, (like, seemingly, three pairs). I passed on 'em on da bay, but knew I wouldn't see them much again. But I also knew they would get zero wear in those colors and materials and that they really didn't make any sense with the rest of the collection. Why not fingerless, rock climbing type gloves? (And smaller patch, and only on the left glove, off-centered? Oh, to get on the design team for just one day!)

The first thing I asked the seller of the socks was, what other unusual hi tech stuff did he have from this same period? He said he had stuff in the stash and would be rolling it out as he "went back home to storage. Stay tuned." And that I will do.

BTW, just putting 2+2 together, I don't think this seller is from the "streets" side of the tracks, but more like "the East Village" side of things, if you know what I mean, which may be why his terminology is "off". But he knows what he's sitting on.

 

[Famousname]

Can you still see the "shadow" where the stiches were?

Freshly removed. Note the outline. After washing in cold, you will not be able to tell there was ever any patch ever sewn there.

 

[nimisiskrash]

1000% on this whole post. Blown away by the socks. I thought I'd never seen these before, but your OG throwback pic reminds me maybe I have seen them in a flick, (possibly yours) before, but they weren't mentioned, just there in the background, like, "are those socks?" I think I even asked the poster that at the time. May very well have been your pic, VGA days?

Question; did he ever do "regular" white athletic socks in this style? And what other oddities of this vein can you remember from the OG drops? I know he did gloves, even in the 2018 drop, (like, seemingly, three pairs). I passed on 'em on da bay, but knew I wouldn't see them much again. But I also knew they would get zero wear in those colors and materials and that they really didn't make any sense with the rest of the collection. Why not fingerless, rock climbing type gloves? (And smaller patch, and only on the left glove, off-centered? Oh, to get on the design team for just one day!)

The first thing I asked the seller of the socks was, what other unusual hi tech stuff did he have from this same period? He said he had stuff in the stash and would be rolling it out as he "went back home to storage. Stay tuned." And that I will do.

BTW, just putting 2+2 together, I don't think this seller is from the "streets" side of the tracks, but more like "the East Village" side of things, if you know what I mean, which may be why his terminology is "off". But he knows what he's sitting on.

Peace fame
As you know rl has had things pop up from 30 years ago unless you had those items no one believed they existed. Those styles socks are the only tec socks I ever seen (there is a hunter green and yellow pairs too) and not to much accessory’s for the line that I can remember but that patch was on everything except the items you would think they would now RLX had all kinds of adds on. Those gloves look like FREEZZ freakezzs

Yeah that’s were you remember my pic from vga
And as for dude I got that from how he described the iteams but the lodge this had me dying

 

[RicoSwa]

You not allowed to criticize polo design here.
They will attack you. See how he disrespected your gloves.

This forum is for praising everything polo does and posting links to boring
releases . Its about gate keeping now.


The white USA and navy USA fleece is available at Bloomingdales and nobody
posting about it.

Gate keeping is in effect here.

The stock price is up so they are not changing anything.

That's how the corporate guys like it.
Later.

 

[mistapolohead]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[LEX718]

Those Freezie Freakies are off the hook.. I used to have a couple pairs of those... image only pops up when it's cold enough...

 

[nimisiskrash]

You not allowed to criticize polo design here.
They will attack you. See how he disrespected your gloves.

This forum is for praising everything polo does and posting links to boring
releases . Its about gate keeping now.


The white USA and navy USA fleece is available at Bloomingdales and nobody
posting about it.

Gate keeping is in effect here.

The stock price is up so they are not changing anything.

That's how the corporate guys like it.
Later.

Lmao but you not far off

Those Freezie Freakies are off the hook.. I used to have a couple pairs of those... image only pops up when it's cold enough...

Yo lex I would rock the ones I posted. I had a few back then to, I kept loosing one glove so my grams stop buying them for me

 

[ahat]

had a few back then to, I kept loosing one glove so my grams stop buying them for me

never had those particular ones but i def remember losing a glove, sometimes both, and my mother beating my ***.

 

[nimisiskrash]

Denim & supply baseball style military jacket
Quilted body (flack jacket lining design)
ribbed cuffs & wast. Cotton arms (should have been rip stop) name badge on left side of chest.

Another D&S overlooked piece imo Or no attention payed should I say witch was Kool to me. When the rugby store shut down on university and become D&S it was a little treasure trove,macys on 34th also.

This military cap is Another RL polo random find (I love the trill of the hunt and execution of the kill) at macys one day after getting of work and looking at what was being put out on shelves,this around the same time they moved and was renovating the new polo section there was a lot of gems to be had so I was there almost every morning (that’s how I got a lot of macys exclusives first and backroom hold outs) another lo item that could have the RRL branding it’s that good of quality and actually did in a tan color with out the patch on the side instead a miniature star and wings rl silkscreen like a stamp.

The right arm has a full color embroidery (souvenir jacket style) eagle and American flag…flawless execution
There was a few other items in this like but nothing like this.

 

[asiatic204]

Guilty as charged being one of the people who never rocked with D&S

But DAMN! That jacket...

 

[bklyn style baby]

Guilty as charged being one of the people who never rocked with D&S

But DAMN! That jacket...

man... that 1st season patch work camo vest and ripstop camo cargos are still my favorite!

 

[ahat]

D&S had gems

^that vest is tough

 

[Famousname]

Guilty as charged being one of the people who never rocked with D&S

But DAMN! That jacket...

Rarely do I physically hit the Lo section, but they've got that label (Denim & Supply) and a few t-shirts in the Macy's here, now. Saw it last week.

 

[bigstress]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Just received mine 2day!!

 

[nimisiskrash]

man... that 1st season patch work camo vest and ripstop camo cargos are still my favorite!

I let a few gems go some years back. Those pants and shorts are the ish. Yo dee show em a better view of that vest.U already

Rarely do I physically hit the Lo section, but they've got that label (Denim & Supply) and a few t-shirts in the Macy's here, now. Saw it last week.

So far that new stuff is trash 🗑 not the same energy

 

[water]

 

[asiatic204]

Rarely do I physically hit the Lo section, but they've got that label (Denim & Supply) and a few t-shirts in the Macy's here, now. Saw it last week.

It's back? I thought it was done.

 

[crumps brother]

 

[bklyn style baby]

i destroyed my preme af1's after 2 wears

 

[niketock88]

What pieces, that have yet to be retroed, are some of you are looking forward to? Ralph really emptied the clip 2017-2019

 

[frankmatthews]

I don't necessarily wanna see retros, but I think that African safari stuff is due for a revist. Bout the only really dope theme that hasnt been ran into the ground in the last 5 years or so.

And bring Rugby back!

 

[niketock88]

I don't necessarily wanna see retros, but I think that African safari stuff is due for a revist. Bout the only really dope theme that hasnt been ran into the ground in the last 5 years or so.

And bring Rugby back!

I want rugby. Not a skull cross bones shirt with the blue label tag…old yellow and green tags and everything. Such a good line

 

[Get_Lo]

Nicee..I waited too long for that hoodie...anyone know where they might still carry it?