RALPH TO SHOW MEN'S IN NEW YORK; DESIGNER ALSO EXPECTS TO OPEN 50 TO 60 STORES IN THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.(Ralph Lauren)

Daily News Record, August, 2003 by Lipke, David

NEW YORK -- For the first time since 1983, Ralph Lauren will include men's looks in his high-profile spring '04 women's shows during New York Fashion Week. The only other time the designer has mixed male and female models in a show has been in Japan.

7th on Sixth, the organizers of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, as the New York shows are officially known, has blocked out three successive time slots on Friday, Sept. 19, for Lauren's multiple shows, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

"This is another way for us to show men's," said Lauren of the move, during a presentation of his spring designs for the Polo and RLX labels, held in his Madison Avenue showroom. "I wanted to try something different this season."

For the past three seasons Lauren has...

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