Unless you’ve been living under a rock then you’ve more than likely heard Kanye West’s infamous you-aint-got-the-answers-Sway interview with Sway on his Sirius XM show, Sway in the Morning. In it he goes on about various issues he’s faced in the fashion industry and in an attempt to relate to Kanye, Sway asserts that he too has invested in his own clothing line. This prompts Kanye to blurt out the iconic line: “It ain’t Ralph though!”
In a recent interview with Style.com, Ralph Lauren is asked about this reference and here is his response:
DS: I don’t know if you heard this, but there was a famous radio interview that Kanye West did. He was talking about this clothing line that the host of the show owned, and he said, “It ain’t Ralph, though.” The idea being, it’s not Ralph Lauren level, that Ralph is now a byword for a certain …
RL: Oh. [ laughs] So an adjective. It’s very Ralph.
DS: It ain’t Ralph level.
RL: That’s very cool. Well, that’s great. If I were to cater to Kanye, he would know that I’m catering to him. The fact that I make what I make—he gets it. He gets the quality and he respects it. And I think that’s the key, why I work all the time is to do that. That’s the fun.
Ralph gets it.
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