SEC Form 4 
FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*
KOSH MITCHELL ALAN	

(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	
650 MADISON AVENUE	

(Street) 
NEW YORK	NY	10022	

(City)	(State)	(Zip)	
	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORP [ RL ] 	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
	Director		10% Owner	
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)	
Senior VP, HR & Legal	
		
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/14/2006 		
	4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) 	
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price				
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		M		6,667	A	$24.78 	6,667	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		M		8,333	A	$23.79 	15,000	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		200	D	$57.25 	14,800	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		300	D	$57.26 	14,500	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		700	D	$57.27 	13,800	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		900	D	$57.28 	12,900	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		800	D	$57.29 	12,100	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		700	D	$57.3 	11,400	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		1,400	D	$57.31 	10,000	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		1,600	D	$57.32 	8,400	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		300	D	$57.33 	8,100	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		2,700	D	$57.34 	5,400	D		
Class A Common Stock	08/14/2006		S		5,400	D	$57.35 	0	D		
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) 	
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares					
Option issued pursuant to 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Pla	$24.78 	08/14/2006		M			6,667	(1) 	06/07/2012	Class A Common Stock	6,667	$0 	15,000	D		
Option issued pursuant to 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Pla	$23.79 	08/14/2006		M			8,333	(2) 	05/22/2013	Class A Common Stock	8,333	$0 	0	D		
Explanation of Responses:	
1. 25,000 options were granted on 06/07/2002. These options vested and became exercisable in three equal installments beginning June 7, 2003.	
2. 25,000 options were granted on 5/22/2003. These options vest and became exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning May 22, 2004.	
	Yen Chu, Attorney-in-Fact	08/15/2006	
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW EVERYONE BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Mitchell A. Kosh, hereby
make, constitute and appoint each of Mr. Jonathan Drucker, Ms.
Yen Chu and Ms. Tracey T. Travis, 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
(the Company), 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 14th day
of August, 2006.

                                                /s/ Mitchell A. Kosh
                                                Mitchell A. Kosh