"Junking" with Ralph Lauren Creative Director Mary Randolph Carter

About this episode

Mary Randolph Carter discusses her experiences as a collector and the connections between interesting objects and a fulfilling life.

You may know Mary Randolph Carter (who goes by the name Carter) as the longtime director of Ralph Lauren. But she is also a savvy collector, and an eloquent exponent for the art of the same. Her latest book, Live With the Things You Love, and You'll Live Happily Ever After, delves into private collections the world over, drawing connections between environments full of interesting objects and the good life. In this episode Carter expounds on objects in her own collection, from the odd "Jello Rock Clock" to the sublime painted-plaster-and-wood Statue of the Blessed Lady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

People in this episode

Guest: Mary Randolph Carter

Topics covered

• collecting
• art
• interior design

Keywords

• Ralph Lauren
• Live With the Things You Love
• private collections

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Jello Rock Clock, Statue of the Blessed Lady

Books & works: Live With the Things You Love, and You'll Live Happily Ever After

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