Ralph Lauren working on memoir, scheduled for next fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren, one of the giants of modern American fashion, is working on his autobiography.

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Struggling Ralph Lauren Tries to Fashion a Comeback

When he sat down for dinner at Sette Mezzo on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Ralph Lauren had been deliberating for months over what to do about his faltering business. The market value of Ralph Lauren Corp. now hovers around $8 billion, down from $16 billion three years ago. Stefan Larsson was in some ways an odd choice.

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Arkansas sheriff digs into clothing budget for fashion statement

By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas sheriff with a similar name to a Wild West legend has spent about half of his office’s clothing budget to supply deputies in his mostly urban county with fashionable cowboy hats to top off their uniforms. Sheriff Doc Holladay of Pulaski County, which contains the capital, Little Rock, said he had the money left in the budget for black felt cowboy hats at $155 each for cooler days and white straw versions at $42 each for warmer temperatures. Holladay said he favored the cowboy hat since it had long been traditional in sheriff’s departments across the United States.  “We’ve had no standard for headgear in our department and I don’t think ball caps are necessarily the thing to do,” Holladay said, adding the new headgear “looks sharp.” John “Doc” Holliday was a dentist turned gambler and gunman who joined forces with lawman Wyatt Earp in the famed Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881.

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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group

South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to 5 years, it said in a statement.

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