Eiza González, Kacey Musgraves, and Andra Day at Ralph Lauren’s fall 2025 fashion show.
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Ralph Lauren’s recent fashion shows have involved all kinds of pomp and circumstance — helicopters to the Hamptons, leaping equestrians, replicas of the Polo Bar, big-name models like Naomi Campbell, random appearances by Mayor Eric Adams, and legions of model-esque waiters in suits serving up burgers and fries. But the brand’s latest runway show, held Thursday afternoon inside the grand marbled Clock Tower Building in Tribeca, was a comparatively sedate affair. And it was perhaps more appropriate for these chaotic times, when the economy seems to be teetering on the edge of total chaos and tariff anxiety is taking away at least 10 percent of the joy of shopping.
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The fall 2025 collection featured soft, gauzy dresses, pleated leather pants tucked into sleek knee-high leather boots, and ruffle-collar blouses paired with vintage-looking brooches. Models walked gingerly down a gold staircase as they made their way to the runway. In the audience, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and Naomi Watts matched in earth-tone trench coats, while Kacey Musgraves dressed down a cowboy hat and boots with masculine slacks and a tank top.
In another row, (let’s call it the TikTok section) sat Tinx, Delaney Rowe, and a slew of influencers carrying Ralph Lauren’s logo handbags. And then there was the fashion-industry elite: celebrity stylists, such as Kate Young and Danielle Goldberg, and magazine editors, including Sara Moonves and, of course, Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who all stood up to give Mr. Lauren a standing ovation. At the end of the show, he waved from the top of the staircase, high above the crowd, wearing a Purple Label sweater printed with a longhorn skull, which I was left wanting for myself. Thankfully, I found one on the RealReal.
Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and Naomi Watts sit front row.
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Tinx
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Ralph Lauren takes in the applause.
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Sadie Sink
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The finale of Ralph Lauren’s fall 2025 runway show.
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Anna Wintour with Dylan Lauren and her husband, Paul Arrouet.
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Ariana DeBose and Naomi Watts
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Lauren’s cozy sweater
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A model on the runway for Ralph Lauren’s fall 2025 fashion show
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