HAMPTONS COURTSHIP
Becoming a creative force’s muse is no faint endorsement; it is an apportioning of huge responsibility. Being the muse to Ralph Lauren, the most successful and influential clothing designer of his era — a man who has redefined not just the domestic style scene in his native land but modern-day America — is a pedestal on which most mortals would feel more than a touch of acrophobia.
Not so Ricky Lauren,, a tome that blends memories, meals and other marvels to make up an ode to that strip of Long Island alluded to in the title, where various family homes have played their part in the couple’s five decades of domestic felicity (“We love the casualness of the beach, the relaxed, laid-back style… just really embracing the beauty of the area, the sea and the sky and the expanse of space,” Ricky once said).
