In the years that followed, his mesh cotton polo shirts, embroidered with a Pony logo chest emblem, would become one of his brand’s signature pieces, while his label’s elegant blend of Ivy, prep a
nd country club styles would come to represent the quintessential all-American man. As the label’s Polo Sport and Snow Beach sub-lines gained popularity in the hip-hop world thanks to the likes of Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan, Ralph Lauren became ingrained in our collective consciousness as a universal symbol of American wealth and good-living, whatever form that living might take.
