People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

I was sometimes embarrassed about making it - people look at you in a different way. You become this rich guy with the house. I wouldn't trade my life for anyone else's, but I've sometimes felt set apart from the people I work with. They think, "You're rich - you don't have problems."

Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.

I don't like the word ['classic']. It makes you think we didn't do any work.

Every time I design clothes, I'm making a movie.

I never said to myself, "I'm going to be the greatest." I just wanted to do my own thing.

Ralph Lauren has always stood for providing quality products, creating worlds and inviting people to take part in our dream. We were the innovators of lifestyle advertisements that tell a story and the first to create stores that encourage customers to participate in that lifestyle.