An Evening With Ralph Lauren

A star-studded crowd filled New York’s Lincoln Center for ‘An Evening With Ralph Lauren’ hosted by Oprah Winfrey—a lavish black-tie affair celebrating the designer’s career and benefiting his cancer foundation

Hollywood celebrities and fashion’s biggest stars headed to Lincoln Center in New York on Monday night for An Evening With Ralph Lauren hosted by media queen Oprah Winfrey. The black-tie event supported The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, while the glamorous guest list included Jessica Alba, Uma Thurman, Barbara Walters, designer Tory Burch and Jerry Seinfeld.  The black-tie event raised more than $7 million for the Ralph Lauren Center For Cancer Care and Prevention in Harlem and Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts. 

Designers showered Lauren with praise. “He inspires me in so many ways,” said Tory Burch, who staged her first official runway show in the Alice Tully Hall lobby in September. “It’s amazing to think what he’s done for our industry and for philanthropy. ”While Lauren’s has garnered a reputation as “classic” (a word  he deems somewhat “boring”) and quintessentially American, the designer himself embodies the American sensibility more than his clothes. 

Winfrey introduced Lauren, saying “He designed the fabric of America as we really all know it today, but we’re here tonight because Ralph Lauren is more than just a tastemaker — he’s a lifesaver," before asking him about how he's maintained and reinvented his brand over so many years: "You copy — that's why I am still here, Oprah," he quipped, drawing laughter. More seriously, he added: “I never went to fashion school, I never had the training. It came from inside. I know what it’s like to yearn for something and not have the money to buy it." He also admitted: "After doing this all this time, my hands still get sweaty before a show." 

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