SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ALCHIN JOHN R (Last) (First) (Middle) 1500 MARKET STREET (Street) PHILADELPHIA PA 191022146 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/06/2007	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol POLO RALPH LAUREN CORP [ RL ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	Yen D. Chu, Attorney-in-Fact	02/08/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW EVERYONE BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John R. Alchin, hereby
make, constitute and appoint each of Ms. Tracey T. Travis, Mr.
Jonathan Drucker and Ms. Yen Chu, each with full power to act
individually and with full power of substitution, my true and
lawful agent and attorney-in-fact and confer upon each such agent
and attorney-in-fact the power and authority, in my name, place
and stead, in any way which I could do if personally present:

(1) to execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer,
director and/or stockholder of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation,
any and all forms and filings required pursuant to Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder, including, without limitation, Forms 3, 4
and 5;

(2) to do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf (in any
of the capacities described in paragraph (1) above) which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms or
filings and timely file such forms or filings with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(3) to execute and deliver on my behalf (in any of the capacities
described in paragraph (1) above) any other forms, filings,
consents, authorizations, certificates, instruments or other
documents necessary or desirable to authorize, approve, effect,
facilitate or consummate any of the transactions described above

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on this 7th day
of February, 2007.



						/s/ John R. Alchin
						John R. Alchin