
Godzilla Vs. King Kong. There are no two figures who have affected interior design on a mass level more than Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. We like to think they articulate the two dominant styles within the American psyche. Which are you??
• Ralph = Heart, expansive, exuberant, warm, messy (from Europe)
• Calvin = Head, calm, contemplative, cool, minimal (From Asia)
(This will run for exactly one hour.)
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How about a "no idea" choice? (Or maybe an "irrelevant" choice.)
view Pixie's profile
personally, I'm more of the Missoni type....
Calvin can get too dran clinical at times and Ralph has this thing for cabbage roses I just don't get...
;0)
view chris_94131's profile
I voted for Klein, but only because I prefer his style to Lauren. I don't think I'd decorate my home with Klein unless these were my only two choices though.
view Sasha's profile
I would like to see for this one and other designer comparisons, the gender break down of the voters.
view Mason's profile
I'm with you, Pixie!
view Likey's profile
I would like to live a Calvin Klein sort of life style, but I'm too much of a slob. I get the poor man's Ralph Lauren look by just leaving crap all over the house.
view rocketslide's profile
can I say neither?
view Michelle of Montreal's profile
ditto on the neither. blech.
view loislane's profile
God, for a design blog, the reaction surprises me.
Do y'all have to personally love a designer's style to give them credit for how much of a style imapct they have had?
Tough crowd.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
I don't know the designer's styles, but I have learned to love negative space and Asian styling, so I'd have voted Calvin if I'd seen this earlier!
view Kyrdissa's profile
damn, missed another lunchtime survey.
Given the extreme choice, Klein. I grew up with the Brooks Bros/Paul Stuart/JPress look -- and its analogue in interior design -- and favor other interpretations to Lauren's.
By the way, P(2)'s point is well taken. Like them or not, each is the preeminent marketer (if not designer) of the particular (life) style he presents.
view JonathanB's profile
I really just can't believe how this turned out.
view DubTriptych's profile
Really? There's such a huge consensus here in favor of MCM minimalism that the poll had to go strongly Calvin Klein.
view wende in the twin cities's profile
Whats up with putting a one hour limit on the voting? - is it to deliberately exclude those in other time zones??
view Violetsrose's profile