Polo Ralph Lauren Announces Executive Appointments to Support Global Supply Chain Initiatives

Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) today announced executiveappointments to support the Company's growing global business anddesire to achieve supply chain excellence. The Company has promotedHoward Smith to Divisional Senior Vice President of Supply ChainOperations and Robbin Mitchell to Divisional Senior Vice President ofBusiness Process Integration, effective immediately. The Company alsoannounced that David G. Rush will join the company as Vice Presidentof Supply Chain Integration effective November 29, 2005. All threeexecutives will report to Russ G. LoCurto, Senior Vice President,Supply Chain, Logistics and Operations.

"Expanding a global company requires the ability to attract andretain top talent to support its businesses worldwide. Polo RalphLauren will continue to invest in people and talent to increase itsexpertise and enhance its position as an industry leader in the areasof supply chain, logistics and distribution," said Roger Farah,President and Chief Operating Officer of Polo Ralph Lauren.

Prior to this promotion, Mr. Smith was Senior Vice President ofSupply Chain, Europe and was based in Geneva where he was responsiblefor Polo Ralph Lauren's European logistics operations and newstate-of-the-art facility in Parma. Mr. Smith now will haveresponsibility for Polo Ralph Lauren's North American supply chainoperations and will be based in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Smith bringsextensive industry expertise to his new position combining experiencefrom his previous role at Polo Ralph Lauren with senior levelpositions in both the wholesale channel and third party logistics. Mr.Smith was instrumental in the consolidation of the Company's Europeandistribution centers into one central distribution center in Parma,Italy. Mr. Smith has prior experience in the wholesale channel as theHead of Logistics at Selfridges in the UK and with third partylogistics providers with P&O Trans European and Salvesen Logistics.

Prior to her promotion, Ms. Mitchell was Vice President of SupplyChain Business Process Integration as the project manager for theintegration and execution of a global wholesale information systemincorporating forecasting, replenishment, sourcing, allocation andshipping. In addition, she was also responsible for vendor-managedinventory programs across all divisions.

Ms. Mitchell joined Polo in 2001 as Vice President of WholesaleReplenishment for Polo Brands, responsible for managing all aspects ofour Men's wholesale replenishment business. Before joining Polo, Ms.Mitchell spent five years with McKinsey & Company, Inc., managing andleading consulting project teams in the retail and apparel industries.

Mr. Rush joins Polo Ralph Lauren on November 29, 2005 and he willbe responsible for Polo Ralph Lauren's supply chain design andarchitecture and new business integration. He will be based inGreensboro, NC. Mr. Rush's career highlights span 19 years in theretail, consumer products, direct marketing and e-commerce industries,which are characterized by the implementation of innovative solutionsthat frequently become industry benchmarks. He has extensiveexperience in developing logistics strategies, facility and systemsdesigns, implementation and start up of state-of-the-art distributioncenters as well as the implementation of merchandise flow processes.Most recently, Mr. Rush led KSA's supply chain execution practice inEurope from 2000 to 2004.

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation is a leader in the design, marketingand distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories:apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For more than 37 years,Polo's reputation and distinctive image have been consistentlydeveloped across an expanding number of products, brands andinternational markets. The Company's brand names, which include "Poloby Ralph Lauren," "Ralph Lauren Purple Label," "Ralph Lauren," "BlackLabel," "Blue Label," "Lauren by Ralph Lauren," "Polo Jeans Co.,""RRL," "RLX," "Rugby," "RL Childrenswear," "Chaps" and "Club Monaco"among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognizedfamilies of consumer brands. For more information, go tohttp://investor.polo.com.