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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)    MAY 25, 2006


                          POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                    DELAWARE
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


         001-13057                                    13-2622036
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    (Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer Identification No.)


  650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                          10022
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)

                                 (212) 318-7000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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            Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

             On May 25, 2006, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (the "Company")
reported its results of operations for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended
April 1, 2006. A copy of the press release issued by the Company concerning the
foregoing is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

             The information in this Form 8-K, including the accompanying
exhibit, is being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section,
nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general
incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth
by specific reference in such filing.



ITEM 9.01.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

       (a)   Financial statements of businesses acquired.

             Not applicable

       (b)   Pro forma financial information.

             Not applicable

       (c)   Shell company transactions.

             Not applicable

       (d)   Exhibits.

             EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION
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                99.1           Press release, dated May 25, 2006




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                                   SIGNATURES

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION


Date:  May 25, 2006                  By: /s/ Tracey T. Travis
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                                         Name:  Tracey T. Travis
                                         Title: Senior Vice President and
                                                Chief Financial Officer





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EXHIBIT INDEX
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    99.1           Press release, dated May 25, 2006