Spring 2010: Ralph Lauren RTW

Nothing is more American than apple pie or blue jeans, and in this rough economic time, Ralph Lauren is taking us back to our roots.

From style.com:

Hard times. The Great Recession we're all living through got Ralph Lauren thinking about American resiliency. "I am inspired by the character of the worker, the farmer, the cowboy, the pioneer women of the prairies," he wrote in his program notes. So in place of the polo fields or any of his other tony stomping grounds, Lauren took us back to the dust bowl for Spring. Models in newsboy caps wore faded and torn oversize jeans with blue work shirts; patchwork overalls; nightshirts in mattress-ticking stripes; or sweet calico print dresses with white ankle socks and oxfords with heels.

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 I'm dying for all of these outfits and can't wait to create my own "recession friendly" versions!