European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ wealth wasps make him Ralph Dave Barry Knight Ridder newspapers recently i bet this has happened to you 1 ran out of clean under Wear in los Angeles. So i wandered into the men s clothing department of an upscale department store the kind of store where the Sale clerks All have Sharp haircuts and perfectly tailored suits that arc far nicer than anything you own and Al though they act very deferential you know they re secretly watching to see which clothes you touch so they can have them burned later As a precaution against vermin. So i was skulking around looking for the underwear Section and i came across the Ralph Lauren exhibit which in addition to clothes featured an old Saddle croquet mallets and Var ious other props associated with Rich people. Ralph uses these to create a fashion look that has made him several zillion dollars a look that i would describe As wealthy constipated  his Maga inc advertisements feature Lau Ren Clad people with their hair slicked Back standing around in Large old antique infested houses looking grim As if they have just received the tragic news that one of their key Polo ponies had injured itself trampling a servant to death and would be unavailable for an important match. I myself am of Wasp heritage and Al though my family was not even close to wealthy we knew wasps who where and 1 frankly cannot understand Why any fun oriented person would want to imitate their life style. Wealthy wasps have less fun in their entire lifetimes than members of other ethnic groups have at a single wedding reception. Trust me. I have been to both Wasp and non Wasp weddings and your Wasp Cou ple can get married go on their honeymoon come Home pursue careers have children and get divorced in less time than it takes for a non Wasp couple to get to the part of their reception where everybody drinks Cham pagne from the maid of Honor s brassiere. Nevertheless the Wasp look has been very Good to Ralph Lauren. So has another clothing line of his that i would describe As pretend Cowboy which is advertised via photographs of rugged male models wearing designer cow boy outfits and authentic wild West male Fra Grances fixin to ride their tastefully color coordinated horses Down to the old trading Post to Purchase a Heap o Stylin gel. So anyway i was looking at the Lauren exhibit and i came across this to shirt. It was a regular White to shirt such As you might use to mow the Lawn in or mop up spilled Yoo Hoo with except for two thing 1. On the front in Large letters it had the words Ralph Lauren state fair sept. 26-oct. 1" and a Large picture of a Cowboy on a horse that was bucking wildly perhaps because the Cowboy was wearing too much male fragrance. 2. The Price was $57.50. Yup. Fifty seven dollars and fifty cents. I once bought an entire suit for less than that. I admit that it was not an elegant suit. It was made from what appeared to be the same mates a Sharon Kilday rial they used to cover mattresses. I think it actually had a tag on the Lapel that could not be removed under penalty of Law. I was afraid to Wear this suit late at night for fear that tired people would try to lie Down on me. Rim shot but at least it was a whole suit for less than Ralph charges for a to shirt. Not that i mean to be critical. Hey people Are buying these things. Just As they Are paying top Dollar for jeans that appear to have been ripped to shreds by crazed wolverines. You know Why because garments like these make a statement. You Wear a Lauren state fair t shirt and you Are telling the world i paid $57.50 for this to shirt. God alone knows what i would pay for an official Ralph Lauren Jock  so i am All in favor of the designer to shirt concept and i am Only sorry that the Lauren exhibit did t feature any men s briefs for $38.95 per leg Hole or whatever Ralph would charge. I wound up having to go elsewhere and Purchase another famous designer underwear Brand. A French one. Be Mart do k. J 12$ i a i j a i Mike Tel Aviv Israel what incredible Luck they breathe Sulphur just like us soccer and the world cup continue Tobe the butt of jokes in the unite states Here s a list of possible slogan for the . To use As Host of the 1994tournament, assembled by a sports re Porter after watching the 1990 final. 10. The world cup in the . Well really soccer to Yai 9. Some people Call it football. 0 8. More ties than the men s department at Bloomingdale s. 7. The world cup in America it la be Over soon. 6. It s better than valium with no Side effects 5. It s like hockey on grass without All that distracting scoring. 4. See Long haired men hugging and kissing each other. 3. Fun it s a riot 2. Soccer narcolepsy. Catch it 1. World cup soccer. It s Dull rightful the times Union Warsaw ind. Tennis Star Ivan Lendl on soccer it s like watching 90 minutes of people lying around holding their  san Francisco chronicle 3 a j Page 12 c sunday August 12, 1990 f