RL makes both my favorite sport socks as well as my most disliked ones. The favorite ones are of substantial cotton and hold their shape and fit. The ones I dislike are also of substantial cotton but manage to slide off my foot while I work out. This is not an appealing sensation.
I was suspicious about why all these RL sports socks were discounted so I approached the SA at the adjacent bin and asked her why these socks were on sale: would they stay put in one's running shoe or was there a fit issue?
Taken aback and obviously at a temporary loss for words, the SA responded, "They're Ralph lauREN. They're good."
"Yes, Ralph LAUren," I responded, and muttered to myself, "and if you are still pronouncing his name like that, you surely won't or can't tell me the truth about these socks."
One of my pet peeves is the misprounciation of this designer's taken name. It's a Frenchification, with that accent aigu, a move to an even upper class, one further step away from Ralph Lifshitz' less melodious origin.
But RL has been around for a gazillion years, and I truly thought that the pronunciation of his name would have evened out by now. I may have to begin a campaign accordingly.