They are bold, beautiful, loud and at times, flamboyant with all the
other ‘decals’ and tabs and names stitched on them.
Little wonder there are so many imitations of them with ponies that
have bowlegs, some with headless riders, some with baseball bats instead of
Polo sticks, some that you would not even see on the official Ralph Lauren website and
wonder who made them
I remember how a club, when I was still in the University,
would give intending members the authenticity test of Ralph Lauren shirts and
if you could tell an authentic from a fake, you were considered fashionable and
worthy of their club membership
I also love the shirts and I am in no way condemning wearing
or owning them
Some of us love these shirts because people can easily tell
that we are wearing designer clothes
Some of us love these shirts because we consider them of
higher/better quality
Some of us love these shirts because everyone we consider
cool is wearing them
Some of us would break banks to own them
Some of us would wait until they go on clearance to own them
Some of us would buy them second hand/fairly used just to own them
I know of other brands of Ralph Lauren shirts called the black
label and the purple label
They hardly have crests or big ponies.
You may not be able to tell they are Ralph Lauren shirts
if you are ONLY familiar with the ‘loudness’ and flamboyance
One Purple label Ralph Lauren shirt could be the price of 10
of those louds ones (the ones most of us like)
The popular ones are no match for the "inconspicuous" ones in
terms of quality and value
Apply this concept to life and you will see that loudness,
followership, and popularity does not necessarily imply quality and value.
Quality and value are seldom mass produced
You listen to 10 songs and they all sound the same…you
listen to one and it makes you pause
Those that CAN AFFORD purple label know it when they see it
Have you ever found yourself in a position where you feel
you are being outshined by someone simply because they are ‘louder’?
Keep your quality, keep your value…one day those who KNOW
what you carry will find you out and pay you what you are worth.
#QualityWillAlwaysOutlastQuantity
#QualityCannotBeMassProduced
#BeAPurpleLabel
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