Part of the allure of the lifestyle to most of us collectors is the fact that Polo Ralph Lauren will distribute certain I.T.s to a certain region or country and the superior collectors will establish a chain that allows them contact with these faraway places. This way you can bust the skullcaps of your local circle with an I.T. they didn’t even know existed.
Make sure to visit my folks at Vintage Gear Addicts for their lifestyle drops.
One of the pieces that has attained mythical status in the lifestyle culture is the 5-7 patch longbill 92 Racing cap. The debate rages on how many patches this cap actually holds. The truth is that it may very well be a custom joint from the rip. The most enlightened lifestylers have been customizing their pieces with patches from their discarded schmedium I.T.s.
This is why I love rocking Polo Ralph Lauren pieces. The culture of collectors I fux with have devised our own narrative of the lifestyle all the while understanding that Ralph Lauren’s gentility is just as made up as our own. Actually, our narrative is better because we don’t ever think we might pass for Anglo-Saxon Europeans and we are cool with that. For me, it’s all about the colorway and my own #swag.
