{"id":13759,"date":"2025-04-25T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T21:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13759"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:56:55","slug":"pax-lauren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/25\/pax-lauren\/","title":{"rendered":"Pax Lauren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-meaning-of-ralph-lauren-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from COMPACT<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Meaning of Ralph Lauren Nationalism<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/contributor\/samuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel Goldman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/content\/images\/size\/w2000\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.48.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>PHOTO: RALPH LAUREN<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you follow a certain kind of account on Twitter (I refuse to call it X), you\u2019ve likely seen the posts. An image of a particular type of model\u2014blond, blessed with prominent cheekbones and expensively tousled hair\u2014rides a horse or sails a boat or plays croquet in warm golden light. Befitting the rustic settings in which they\u2019re worn, the clothes are generously cut in muted colors. There\u2019s a lot of tweed, tartan, and perfectly faded denim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caption is \u201cRalph Lauren Nationalism.\u201d Presented without further comment in most cases, the posts belong to a genre that laments the world we have ostensibly lost. Remember an America, they imply, when this fantasia on WASP themes could be found in every glossy magazine and shopping mall in the country. Even if Ralph Lauren\u2019s world was never exactly real, it expressed an ideal of wealth, tradition, and beauty that\u2019s been replaced by gender non-conformists wearing hoodies and yoga pants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-meaning-of-ralph-lauren-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at COMPACT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from COMPACT The Meaning of Ralph Lauren Nationalism by Samuel Goldman If you follow a certain kind of account on Twitter (I refuse to call it X), you\u2019ve likely seen the posts. An image of a particular type of model\u2014blond, blessed with prominent cheekbones and expensively tousled hair\u2014rides a horse or sails a boat or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-meaning-of-ralph-lauren-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from COMPACT<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} -->\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Meaning of Ralph Lauren Nationalism<\/h1>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/contributor\/samuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel Goldman<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>PHOTO: RALPH LAUREN<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you follow a certain kind of account on Twitter (I refuse to call it X), you\u2019ve likely seen the posts. An image of a particular type of model\u2014blond, blessed with prominent cheekbones and expensively tousled hair\u2014rides a horse or sails a boat or plays croquet in warm golden light. Befitting the rustic settings in which they\u2019re worn, the clothes are generously cut in muted colors. There\u2019s a lot of tweed, tartan, and perfectly faded denim.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The caption is \u201cRalph Lauren Nationalism.\u201d Presented without further comment in most cases, the posts belong to a genre that laments the world we have ostensibly lost. Remember an America, they imply, when this fantasia on WASP themes could be found in every glossy magazine and shopping mall in the country. Even if Ralph Lauren\u2019s world was never exactly real, it expressed an ideal of wealth, tradition, and beauty that\u2019s been replaced by gender non-conformists wearing hoodies and yoga pants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-meaning-of-ralph-lauren-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at COMPACT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}