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Lunchtime Survey: Ralph Lauren v. Calvin Klein

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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.)

posted by Pixie on June 22nd 2007 at 7:21am
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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)

posted by chris_94131 on June 22nd 2007 at 7:24am
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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.

posted by Sasha on June 22nd 2007 at 7:27am
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I would like to see for this one and other designer comparisons, the gender break down of the voters.

posted by Mason on June 22nd 2007 at 7:48am
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I'm with you, Pixie!

posted by Likey on June 22nd 2007 at 7:50am
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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.

posted by rocketslide on June 22nd 2007 at 7:55am
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can I say neither?

posted by Michelle of Montreal on June 22nd 2007 at 8:01am
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ditto on the neither. blech.

posted by loislane on June 22nd 2007 at 8:58am
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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.

posted by patrick (the other one) on June 22nd 2007 at 9:40am
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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!

posted by Kyrdissa on June 22nd 2007 at 10:23am
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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.

posted by JonathanB on June 23rd 2007 at 6:39am
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I really just can't believe how this turned out.

posted by DubTriptych on June 23rd 2007 at 11:46am
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Really? There's such a huge consensus here in favor of MCM minimalism that the poll had to go strongly Calvin Klein.

posted by wende in the twin cities on June 24th 2007 at 7:14am
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Whats up with putting a one hour limit on the voting? - is it to deliberately exclude those in other time zones??

posted by Violetsrose on June 24th 2007 at 11:49pm
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