NEW YORK • Ralph Lauren is not just about plain polo shirts and peacoats. It is about the hype.
Looking for some buzz, the 52-year-old fashion house is using tactics straight from the "hypebeast" playbook - industry slang for shoppers who obsess about clothes that get extensive publicity.
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