Item #15412

Polo RL Patterned Knitted Shawl Collar Sweater (L)

From Concrete Matter

Product A stunning sheepswool-alpaca wool mixed knitted shawl collar sweater with a classic Nordic style knitted pattern on it. Two cool button to button up the collar when things get really serious. What a cool quality piece. Specifications - Original Polo Ralph Lauren sheep and alpaca wool shawl collar sweater - Near mint condition, minor signs of wear - Size: L - Date: ca. 2000s - Measurements: shoulders 56cm, pit to pit 64cm, arms 73cm, 72cm backside - Please follow this link to our Size Guide Brand No brand is more iconic to modern day America and the sport of polo as Ralph Lauren, originally known as Polo Ralph Lauren. With the goal of selling the American Dream, Ralph Lauren was the incarnation of the universal aspiration himself. Ralph Lauren had already been in the fashion industry when in 1967, then 28-years old, he persuaded the president of tie manufacturer Beau Brummell to let him start his own line. He took out a $50,000 loan and added “polo” to his own name because it sounded more English. It is by adding “Polo” before “Ralph Lauren” that he immediately put his brand a few steps above the rest. He worked out of a single drawer in the Empire State Building and even made the deliveries by himself. By 1969, Manhattan’s department store Bloomingdale’s opted for exclusive access to the men’s line. They even gave Ralph Lauren his own shop. This was the first time Bloomingdale’s opened shop for a designer within their own store. Two years later, Lauren would launch a