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In Uncertain Times, Ralph Lauren Embraces ’80s Excess

The brand’s autumn 2025 show harkened back to an earlier time when economic uncertainty and geopolitical tension were on Americans’ minds.
Ralph Lauren Autumn/Winter 2025.
Ralph Lauren Autumn/Winter 2025 look 29. (Getty Images)

Trend watchers lately are abuzz about “boom boom,” a fun, if loosely defined way to describe a last spasm of gaudy, ’80s-style consumption before

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