Ralph Lauren Still Knows How To Freak It With the Classics

Ralph Lauren invented Americana fashion. Think about the distinctly witty way he mixes American fashion staples-blue jeans with tuxedo jackets, sport coats with sneakers, cowboy boots with suits-and you can see how his personal style is basically a national treasure.

On Thursday, Lauren demonstrated his ability to mingle all the notes of American style once again. At a screening for Western Stars, a documentary about the making of Bruce Springsteen's latest album of the same name, Lauren wore his trademark distressed jeans, a double-breasted blazer with gold buttons, and techy sneakers-the circa-1997 Air Bakin, to be specific. The Navy-inspired blazer has two gold embroidered service stripes on the cuffs, eight fantastically gold buttons, and Navy SEAL-inspired military ribbons, which pick up the red and yellow of his Tim Hardaway-adjacent shoes. He pulled it all together with a denim button-up shirt. Vintage basketball shoes and naval uniform motifs all in a single outfit? Lauren still knows how to freak it with the classics.