Ralph Lauren Fall 2014 Childrens Fashion Show Supporting Children's Literacy

The girls and I attended the Ralph Lauren Fall 2014 Childrens Fashion Show at the New York Public Library. The evening was not a normal fashion show. The evening was hosted by actress Uma Thurman and featured a live performance by the cast members of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Matilda the Musical, based on the iconic Roald Dahl children’s novel. The runway show helped Ralph Lauren kick off a literacy program committed to boosting literacy for children in need by providing access to books.

The Ralph Lauren Fall 2014 childrens fashion show featured 61 looks for boys and girls that were all age appropriate and wearable, from this mom’s point of view. Two celebrity models were Egypt, Alicia’ Keys’ son and Angela, Li Xiang’s daughter. Ralph Lauren has also tapped singer Madison Beer to attend as the #RLKids ambassador talking to guests about the importance of reading as well as picking her favorite looks from the show.

The collection featured beautiful, traditional tartans, fairisles, fitted wool and velvet jackets, taffeta dresses and trapper hats mixed in with urban looks with bright colors, leather pieces and skull & crossbones which resonated with both of my girls. Silhouettes were perfect for the fall back-to-school season with polos, rugbys, skirts, dresses cardigans and button-downs. All perfectly age-appropriate and wearable from this mom’s point-of-view.

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After the show, all guests were treated to an exclusive performance from the cast of Matilda the Musical.

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And of course the night wouldn’t have been completely without sweets from Dylan’s Candy Bar.

To support children’s literacy, Ralph Lauren will create a special t-shirt which was showcased in the runway show that benefits charitable literacy programs around the world. The t-shirt, part of a new limited-edition capsule collection featuring a new Polo Pony designed to promote childhood literacy, will be on sale at Ralph Lauren stores and RalphLauren.com beginning August 5th. A percentage of sales from the capsule collection, as well as from the looks in the Fall 2014 Children’s Fashion Show, will benefit Reach Out and Read in the United States, as well as a number of other charities globally.

Besides the show and the candy, the best part of the evening was going home with Roald Dahl’s book Matilda, and being able to read it on the subway ride home. Fashionably, of course.

Watch my video of the Fall 2014 Ralph Lauren Children’s Fashion Show held at the New York Public Library

You’ll be able to purchase the looks from the Ralph Lauren Fashion Show in select Ralph Lauren stores, on RalphLauren.com, select Saks Fifth Avenue stores and Saks.com and in select department stores globally. To find out more about Ralph Lauren’s new literacy program, please visit RalphLauren.com/literacy.