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The authentic and timeless world of Ralph Lauren

November 2025

RL/Men

Fall’s New Style Notes

Sure, the days are shorter now, but that means your nights are longer. It’s the time of year when you need to be ready to roll from coffee to cocktails and then a late night burger at J.G. Melon’s with the guys. And with a range of new fall pieces, we have you covered with the season's best looks, fits, and options.

As the cooler temps and crisp air of the long-awaited fall season settle over New York, we took to the Upper East Side in the Polo Heritage Icons made for this very moment. Expressed through soft, saturated colors, fuller silhouettes that embrace a sportswear legacy and rich materials including archival tweeds and spongey Shetland wools, it is a collection that communicates one idea above all others: ease.

In keeping with the codes of a neighborhood whose residents wouldn’t think twice about stepping out in a ball cap and a balmacaan to grab a BEC, we freely mixed sportswear with tailoring, invigorated earth tones with brighter pops of color and settled into roomier fits through a long afternoon culminating in lunch at the 50-year-old, cash-only burger joint J.G. Melon.

Wherever fall finds you, you can apply the lessons below—and Polo Heritage Icons—to enjoy it to the fullest.

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Peak Color

Fall doesn’t mean everything has to go dark. Take a cue from the leaves and add a shot of color to your wardrobe. The key here is balance: offset the burst of color from a surf blue Shetland or meadow green cords with an earthy tweed whose more muted presence will match with anything. For the extra-credit assignment of combining two strong colors into a single outfit, consider playing off of opposing textures—for instance, the soft and fuzzy hand of a brushed sweater versus the raised, ridged surface of a corduroy trouser—which introduces a whole other dimension for the eye to take in (and lowers the risk of color overload).

Maestra Calfskin Penny Loafer

C$798.00

Maestra Calfskin Penny Loafer

C$798.00

Melon Fever

By Eric Twardzik

For one writer, there’s nothing better than this half-century-old jewel box, which happened to make an appearance in one of this fall’s photoshoots for Polo.

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Man in Full

No, your eyes do not deceive you—fuller cuts are back in suits and pants. After years of stingy silhouettes, you once again have clothes you can move in. The good news here is that you can feel as comfortable as you do in your sweats, but you don’t have to sacrifice your style to comfort. The pleated corduroys and flat-front chinos are cut wider and sit higher on the waist, and roomy rugby shirts and Shetland sweaters are layered below balmacaans or toggle coats that hang generously from the shoulders. The key is that they should still match your proportions—a pant should always fit at the waist, while sport coats and outerwear should follow your shoulder line—but the additional volume creates drape, adding a shot of laid-back elegance to the most casual (and comfortable) look.

The Iconic Doeskin Blazer

C$1,598.00

Ralph’s Coffee Ball Cap

C$79.50

Classic Fit Striped Oxford Shirt

C$175.00

The Iconic Rugby Shirt

C$198.00 C$159.99

Merton Leather Boat Shoe

C$225.00

The Iconic Doeskin Blazer

C$1,598.00

Ralph’s Coffee Ball Cap

C$79.50

Classic Fit Striped Oxford Shirt

C$175.00

The Iconic Rugby Shirt

C$198.00 C$159.99

Merton Leather Boat Shoe

C$225.00

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Send Tweed

No professorship is required to wear tweed, one of fall’s most essential, and storied, fabrics. It’s the thinking man’s biker jacket. While this season’s Heritage Icons tweeds appear in archival patterns ranging from classic herringbones to wide-scale glen plaids to a subtle tick-weave (and yes, some even have leather elbow patches), the secret is that they’re as easy to wear as your favorite pair of jeans, thanks to their muted colors and wooly handle. Consider matching an RL 67 tweed jacket to flannel trousers and a dress shirt as part of a more tailored look or take a page from the Ivy style handbook and wear it as outerwear over a Shetland sweater and a pair of chinos (perhaps with a popped collar to ward off the cold).

Wool Flannel Trouser

C$528.00

Maestra Tassel Calfskin Loafer

C$798.00

Wool Flannel Trouser

C$528.00

Maestra Tassel Calfskin Loafer

C$798.00

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Brush Hour

A painting is not the only work of art accomplished by brush strokes. Let us direct your attention to this season’s brushed knitwear, made by teasing out hardy Shetland wool or a lofty wool-blend so that the resulting sweater has a pleasingly shaggy hand-feel and extra visual heft. If you like the look of distressed denim, or a frayed collars on your Oxford shirts, you know what the appeal is here: texture = character. Consider doubling down on texture by wearing a brushed cardigan with wide-wale cords or combining a brushed crewneck’s fuzzy appeal with the wooly hand of a tweed sport coat. If done correctly, bystanders will be able to feel it too—just by looking.