Spelman and Morehouse alumni launch HBCU collection for Ralph Lauren

CBS News correspondent and anchor Vladimir Duthiers sits down with the HBCU grads behind a new collection for Ralph Lauren. He also talked with Morehouse College professor David Wall Rice about the conversations the new collaboration has sparked.
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[@renewilson2540]

This is genius! Never went to an HBCU school but will JUMP at this styles I have loved for years!!

[@teresanoble47]

I love this! Two creators paying homage vintage HBCU style. Bravo to Ralph Lauren!👏❤👑

[@maurreese]

Great job to both creators and to and. Lauren himself!!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@vinavina336]

Awesome story! Refreshing reflection of African Americans.

[@dsraverstar]

100% class!

[@oco987]

Are they going to support hbcus

[@bonitawise8743]

Absolutely Amazing!!! Love Ralph Lauren even the more for placing his stamp of approval on this. Shout out to the HBCU grades for such a beautiful product.

[@mbyrd6713]

Awesome job, congrats to these young people for speaking up and pushing for change 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️

[@keilitzb]

I worked at RL for 24 years and to this day it is still has a waspy culture. It is too little much too late and at RL's price points how many African Americans will be able to afford it or want to wear it. HBCU alums and other African American colleges should have done it themselves and not line RL's pockets with more $$$.

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Agreed.

[@MrBUGS713]

How are African Americans able to afford $240 pair or Jordans?

[@nedley25]

Absolutely awesome!

[@OffTheHookGirls]

My favorite story this year!

[@COBYKOEHL2]

BRILLIANT

[@margo3367]

Serena Williams, Beyonce are a much “American Girls” as Julia Roberts or Christie Brinkley. Love Ralph Lauren.❤️

[@queenofthesouth4205]

#HBCUGraduate, love the Ralph Lauren classic styles.

[@hahadarrie]

Andree 3000 did it first.

[@brittneyfinch5990]

Yes! They should've revived his clothing line.

[@jaybruno3571]

There were way more early artists who did 🤭🙄

[@PGProductionz]

There are Fantastic Black Designers that we need to Role model.

[@41yearoldnewdriver]

I like Ralph Lauren but I prefer to stick to other less expensive brands of clothing for plus size women like me. It's cool that Ralph Lauren is using black college graduates to bulid his brand. I don't want to wear Ralph Lauren anyway!

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Any recommendations, looking for that for my mother

[@MrBUGS713]

Lol his brand has been very well established before this collection in case you were living under a rock

[@thisusernameistakenbyyomam9091]

“It wasn’t white style, it wasn’t black style, this was American style.”

[@udntknomeXX]

Good job to the 2 HBCU grads. I was hoping that at the end of this story there would have been an announcement that HBCUs would receive some of the revenue or a scholarship of sort. What was I drinking? 😂

[@kimberlycoleman4630]

I’m a Spelman alumna. Make no mistake, both schools are receiving part of the profits as well as internships and pipelines to employment. We are not naïve, nor do we have presidents and boards of directors who are not business savvy.

[@MrBUGS713]

Pipeline employment opportunities sound like nepotism and not like equality

[@PIA-tj5hc]

Very nice

[@faceyourskin1]

Really, is this awesome? It woukd have been nice if these HBCU alums would've have teamed up to do their own line. Just another cash cow for Ralph Lauren- in my opinion the hip hop crowd from the 90s put enough money in Ralph Lauren's pocket

[@CymoneHicks-lz6fz]

💜💜💜💜💜

[@CymoneHicks-lz6fz]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@CymoneHicks-lz6fz]

💎💎💎💎💎

[@IDEALEGACY59]

💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@tobylincolnwong5823]

#HBCU #RalphLauren story that I can't understand and someone had to replay to tell me. This is important story to tell in face of @TeamUSA uniform backlash. Please repost video with captions. 85% social media users watch without sound. Captions benefit viewers with and without disabilities and up engagement #DisabilityInclusion #CaptionsAreMyWheelchairRamp #Accessibility

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

Too little, too late.

[@prettyclassylady6218]

They should have used a black owned clothing company. This is not something to celebrate

[@MrBUGS713]

Why haven’t any black owned companies pitched the idea to them? It’s a shame a white man had to take the lead.

[@maxlinder5262]

To me clothes are clothes ... they have no race.....

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

Race and culture are two separate concepts.

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Everything in America is driven by race. Everything. They made it that way.

[@makeitmakesense2616]

Now where will white supremacist shop??

[@jaybruno3571]

That's the most idiotic comment ever🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@willyjilly9684]

Ralph Lauren supporting BLM Cashing in now will cost your brand later