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Chapter 9 · A book in progress by Dan Sfera

The Lo Lifes and Polo Snow Beach

The Brooklyn crew who claimed Polo as their own and rewrote who a brand belongs to.


The Lo Lifes turned Ralph Lauren's Polo into a subcultural uniform, proving that a community can claim a brand the maker never aimed at them. A chapter on ownership, devotion, and the Snow Beach legend.

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