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Ralph Lauren: 5 things you should know about HBO’s new designer documentary
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For the most part, “Very Ralph,” the HBO documentary film about fashion designer Ralph Lauren (pictured here with wife Ricky Anne Loew-Beer), that premieres at 9 p.m. Pacific on HBO on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, looks as glossy and aspirational as one of the brand’s advertising campaigns. The film strives mightily to paint a portrait of Lauren through the use of archival footage, photos and plenty of interviews with family, friends and a particularly deep bench of fashion-industry folks. While that may sound like a marketing campaign, the documentary serves a few surprising factoids about the designer and features some seriously startling celebrity cameos. For those who don’t mind spoilers, here are some of the surprises.