Ralph Lauren celebrated 40 years in fashion in 2007 and over the years his style has always remained unchangeable and unique. The show opens with sensible-looking grey flannel outfits and feather hats before leopard print emerges either head-to-toe as a tunic dress or as details on jacket shoulders. Bright orange and purple are two strong colours for next winter, appearing here as a cashmere coat and a full-collared jacket. The country influence is never far away with an inimitable expertise in tartan materials. The lumberjack shirt is worn with a conventional looking pencil skirt while an ethnic patterned overcoat engulfs a slender silhouette and for the evening asymmetrical chiffon and velvet wraparound dresses embroidered with gold thread and feathers look sensational.
