Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren Paperback – January 20, 2004

I enjoyed reading this book. I love RL clothes and how he got started was interesting and inspiring!

The book arrived quickly and is in great condition. My only comment is the “M” in the authors name is scratched but I’m not super particular about the cover quality as long as the pages are intact. The book is a great read and I’m super happy with it!

Interesting bio - lot's of facts I was not aware of. Sounds like Mr. Lauren (Lifshitz) was talented but a volatile person as well as a "cheater" too bad, I do love his clothes.

The book arrived quickly and I am now reading it. This is an unauthorized book and Ralph Lauren kept his everyone he knew uncooperative. It is out of print and so I came to this site to find it. The delivery and condition are as described by the seller. I probably will not have Ralph sign it as he was not happy it was published. Ralph is writing his own autobiography and it is being released or may have by now. I like to read unauthorizied biographys and biographys that tell the story in the way the subject likes them told. It gives two points of view.

I KNOW MICHAEL GROSS IS A GREAT WRITER BUT THE PRINT IN THE BOOK IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THE WORDS ARE SMALL AND VERY LIGHT IN COLOR ! IT'S ABOUT 400 PAGES BUT IF IT WAS LARGER PRINT, IT MIGHT BE CLOSER TO 500 PAGES. BUT IF THE PRINT WAS DARKER, THE SMALL SIZE OF THE PRINT WOULDN'T MATTER AS MUCH... READING IT LIKE THIS GIVES ME EYE STRAIN & A HEADACHE ! I'M LOOKING FOR A LARGER PRINT VERSION....I HAVE TONS OF PAPERBACK BOOKS & THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I CAN'T READ !

I was enthralled with who the original Ralph Lauren was and who he created himself into.I was the publicist for the Original Marlboro Man, the late William Thourlby. I think Bill would have enjoyed it too. Ralph is example of British royalty mixed with American Old West.The author does an excellent job as an investigative reporter/author just I did for Post Newsweek/CBS.

Just arrived and an excellent condition, quickly

This book is sooooo long. Yes he is weird, yes he is rich, yes he has led a life more fantasy based than Michael Jackson. It's big book that has some really good material if you can deal with the fasting between those events. It's fairly one sided, not Gross' fault, Lauren is just not a very faceted individual. Gross covered him very well, but Lauron is just dull beyond his clothing choices.