Please help me identify this RL suit label

During a recent thrift search I came across a suit with a Ralph Lauren label. Specifically, Ralph Lauren was in all white letters - in cursive script - with only R & L capitalized on a solid dark blue background.

Where does this label fit within the hierarchy of Ralph Lauren/Polo suits?

Isn't that 'Signature'?

My (limited) experience is that the "Signature" line's labels had "RALPH LAUREN" in block print in all caps. See: http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=77983&page=2

Originally Posted by mercretas

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My (limited) experience is that the "Signature" line's labels had "RALPH LAUREN" in block print in all caps. See: http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=77983&page=2

This was definitely cursive script written precisely as Ralph Lauren.

sounds like the womens line.. any chance it was a womens suit?

U should post a pic of the label.

Originally Posted by mystillwater

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sounds like the womens line.. any chance it was a womens suit?

Huh. I don't know but I don't think so. It was a 6/2 DB with wide lapels. I was in a major hurry, skimming racks before my wife noticed I ducked inside the store. No size tag but it definitely seemed like a man's suit.

Originally Posted by rebel222

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U should post a pic of the label.

If I had one I certainly would.

It would be a major production to get back to this place so I wanted to definitely ID the label first to determine if the return trip would be warranted.

I came across this same thing awhile ago. http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=117779

Originally Posted by pblasco

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I came across this same thing awhile ago.


http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=117779

Yeah, that looks very similar but I am not sure if the white text was raised like it seems to be on the label in your photo or more flat? Is it really raised up on your coat or is that just a trick of the photo?

Ugh, I would be a horrible eyewitness for the prosecution.

Originally Posted by NukeMeSlowly

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If I had one I certainly would.

It would be a major production to get back to this place so I wanted to definitely ID the label first to determine if the return trip would be warranted.

It's gone.

Originally Posted by Sartrolliast

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It's gone.

If it is some crappy diffusion, I agree.

If it is PRL/Signature Line quality, I refuse to accept that without visual confirmation.

It's the old Signature Line label.

It's the original signature line initiated around 1995 and only lasting a couple of years.

It was made by the same maker as Polo at that time, Pietrafesa of Syracuse, NY (WPL 559?), and constructed the same as Polo of fabrics similar to Polo.

It differed in that it was a domestically made line which mimicked Purple Label styling - extended padded shoulders, etc. It may have been slightly more expensive than similar Polo items. A typical suit may have been circa $800 in '96.

The white interior pocket production tag should indicate the date of manufacture in a 6 digit number, such as 960410 for April 10, 1996, somewhere on the bottom line. The 'CUT' number should begin with 'R' and there will be an 'F#' or 'S#' indicating the season (Fall, Spring) and year, in a single digit, for which it was made ('F6') somewhere in the production nomenclature.

The label proffered Chester Barrie RLPL ($1500 up) suit styling at near Polo pricing. There was also a golf line using the label, with such things as black nylon anoraks at $495 in mid '90s dollars.

You be the judge, in retrospect, as to the perspicacity of the confusing strategery.

Originally Posted by I. Gentantithesis

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It's the original signature line initiated around 1995 and only lasting a couple of years.

It was made by the same maker as Polo at that time, Pietrafesa of Syracuse, NY (WPL 559?), and constructed the same as Polo of fabrics similar to Polo.

It differed in that it was a domestically made line which mimicked Purple Label styling - extended padded shoulders, etc. It may have been slightly more expensive than similar Polo items. A typical suit may have been circa $800 in '96.

The white interior pocket production tag should indicate the date of manufacture in a 6 digit number, such as 960410 for April 10, 1996, somewhere on the bottom line. The 'CUT' number should begin with 'R' and there will be an 'F#' or 'S#' indicating the season (Fall, Spring) and year, in a single digit, for which it was made ('F6') somewhere in the production nomenclature.

The label proffered Chester Barrie RLPL ($1500 up) suit styling at near Polo pricing. There was also a golf line using the label, with such things as black nylon anoraks at $495 in mid '90s dollars.

You be the judge, in retrospect, as to the perspicacity of the confusing strategery.

Thanks--great info! Does that production tag dating system apply to PRL and RLPL as well? If so, I can't wait to get home and check all the tags in my closet.