Rappaport To The Rescue

With the sweetest holiday coming up Friday, Valentine’s Day, it’s the perfect time to catch up with my dear pal Dylan Lauren who has created a candy empire while also continuing her passionate work for animals in need, especially rabbits!

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Announcer: This is Pet Life Radio.

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Announcer: Let's talk pets.

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Announcer: Rappaport to the Rescue with award-winning animal advocate, best-selling author, journalist, and pet products creator, Jill Rappaport.

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Jill Rappaport: Hi, welcome to Rappaport to the Rescue.

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Jill Rappaport: I'm Jill Rappaport.

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Jill Rappaport: We've got a great show coming up today with my dear pal, Dylan Lauren.

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Jill Rappaport: After all, Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so she will talk all things sweets, including her big heart for animals in need.

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Jill Rappaport: But first, I want to reach out to you to ask you to please not only consider adopting an animal now, but even more important, I am begging you to please consider fostering.

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Jill Rappaport: We need fosters so badly now, and you are the bridge between hell and heaven.

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Jill Rappaport: And I really mean that.

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Jill Rappaport: If you open up your heart and home to an animal in need just for a temporary period, so they can get used to the kind, gentle touch of a human being, you will make such a huge difference in that animal's lives, because you will make them more viable for adoption.

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Jill Rappaport: So please consider fostering.

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Jill Rappaport: It is such a rewarding, heartfelt, wonderful thing to do, especially when you see that they go on to find their forever home.

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Jill Rappaport: Most people like me become foster fails and end up adopting them, but we need you to help now.

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Jill Rappaport: Thank you so much.

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Jill Rappaport: All right, when we come back, Dylan Lauren, you know her.

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Jill Rappaport: She's the daughter of Ralph Lauren.

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Jill Rappaport: She gives so much of her time and energy to animals in need, especially bunnies.

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Jill Rappaport: And that goodness and her sweetness explains why she's truly the candy queen.

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Jill Rappaport: Dylan Lauren, when we come back.

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Announcer: You know the expression, cats have nine lives.

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Announcer: Well, what if you can give them one more?

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Announcer: The Give Them Ten Movement is on a mission to help give cats an extra life.

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Announcer: How?

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Announcer: With spay and neuter.

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Announcer: Spaying or neutering your cat helps them live a longer, healthier life.

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Announcer: Learn more about the benefits of spay and neuter and meet Scooter, the neutered cat, at givethemten.org.

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Announcer: That's GiveThem, T-E-N, dot org.

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Announcer: PetLifeRadio.com Welcome back to Rappaport to the Rescue.

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Jill Rappaport: I'm Jill Rappaport, and if you know anything about me, you know I'm a little obsessed with candy.

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Jill Rappaport: Chocolate is my life, and my dentist is so appreciative of that.

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Jill Rappaport: So needless to say, my two favorite holidays are Halloween and Valentine's Day, because if people are feeling generous and happy and they're grateful for my friendship, I get a lot of chocolate.

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Jill Rappaport: So I am so thrilled to have my pal, Dylan Lauren, I refer to her in the open as the candy queen Of course, you know her from Dylan's Candy Bar.

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Jill Rappaport: She is amazing what she has created in the world of confectionary and chocolates and sweets and jelly beans.

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Jill Rappaport: Just talking to her gets me high.

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Jill Rappaport: Dylan, I'm so excited to have you back on Rappaport to the Rescue.

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Dylan Lauren: Thank you.

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Dylan Lauren: I'm excited to be here.

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Dylan Lauren: It's an honor.

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Jill Rappaport: Oh, well, first of all, the last time we chatted was Easter, which I should have mentioned was probably my third favorite holiday, because we always check in with you, not only because you are truly the candy queen, but also your heart is as big as your business for animals in need.

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Jill Rappaport: You are sweetness extraordinaire.

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Jill Rappaport: But I want to find out first with Valentine's Day coming up this Friday, what's going on in your world?

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Jill Rappaport: You are the queen of it.

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Dylan Lauren: Well, it's funny, Valentine's Day should be every day in terms of gift giving and candy giving.

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Dylan Lauren: But it does always help in the candy business that that's a great treat to give anyone any age.

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Dylan Lauren: Dylan's Candy Bar, we have created things for grandparents, spouses, kids, partners, whatever it is, and in every candy food group.

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Dylan Lauren: We're very excited and we also have a collaboration with Love Shack Fancy, which is one of several collaborations we have with lifestyle brands who also focus on fashion, art, or pop culture.

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Dylan Lauren: So a lot of the fans of Love Shack Fancy and Dylan's Candy Bar have been already buying those items, which are sort of floral patterned cakes, and chocolate bars, and jam jars with gummies in them is really cool.

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Dylan Lauren: So it's a bunch of stuff that's really yummy and fun.

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Jill Rappaport: Well, what always blows me away about you, and for those of you who have seen Dylan over the years, obviously, she's the daughter of my favorite designer, Ralph Lauren.

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Jill Rappaport: And we have to talk about your dad's incredible honor just recently at the White House.

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Jill Rappaport: We're going to get into that in a moment.

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Jill Rappaport: But meanwhile, if you see Dylan, she looks like one of Ralph's models.

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Jill Rappaport: She's absolutely gorgeous, rail thin.

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Jill Rappaport: Dylan, how do you do it?

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Dylan Lauren: Oh, you know, I love candy, and a lot of our customers love candy, but you know, it's everything in moderation, and also just knowing, like, you know, the workout is important, you know, not just physically, but mentally.

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Dylan Lauren: I just went snowshoeing because it snows here recently.

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Dylan Lauren: And just, you know, knowing that, you know, if you do have some over-indulgment around Valentine's Day or the Super Bowl, which just hit, you know, the next day, have a lot of protein, drink a lot of water, try to balance it out.

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Dylan Lauren: I mean, if there's no candy in your life, no sweets, like, then buy a candy robe or a candy blanket or something with the beautiful colors of candy to make you happy if you're trying to not eat it.

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Dylan Lauren: But we carry all the fun things.

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Dylan Lauren: But I just think it's okay, everything in moderation.

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Jill Rappaport: And you've passed that philosophy onto your own twins.

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Jill Rappaport: You allow them to indulge.

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Dylan Lauren: And I believe it's important to kind of give a little space, like especially things like trick or treating or Halloween.

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Dylan Lauren: And again, everything in moderation.

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Dylan Lauren: But I do think when you withhold, it actually makes it more tempting for children, especially to want more.

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Dylan Lauren: And I find like sometimes my daughter or my son, they're like, mom, you're eating too much marshmallow fluff.

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Dylan Lauren: That's enough hot water.

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Dylan Lauren: Where's your vegetables?

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Dylan Lauren: Because I also talk that side, which is I like health and nutrition.

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Dylan Lauren: But again, because I know how to eat healthfully, I also love my candies and my gummies.

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Dylan Lauren: So I do it both and they see that.

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Jill Rappaport: And how much of an influence did your parents have on you?

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Jill Rappaport: I mean, considering you grew up in this incredible world of fashion and design, and it's all about how you wear the clothes, and let's be honest, thin was in.

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Jill Rappaport: It was all about staying as fit as possible.

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Jill Rappaport: So how did your parents navigate you in sweets?

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Dylan Lauren: Well, I do know that my mom has major sweet tooth, and she loves her stashes of chocolate and peanut M&Ms.

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Dylan Lauren: And my dad as well, he likes his Twizzlers, licorices, and he likes the butter crunch.

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Dylan Lauren: And we all indulge in candy every now and then, and they love the products I sell for Valentine's Day, they'll be getting some stuff.

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Dylan Lauren: But it's also just watching they worked out, they still work out, they're lifting weight training and running.

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Dylan Lauren: Well, now they're not running, but they try to keep fit so that they can enjoy their treats and also look good.

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Dylan Lauren: Obviously everyone wants to feel good.

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Dylan Lauren: So I think just knowing that, but also just in terms of fashion to me or watching my father, it's the way that products in my store are curated.

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Dylan Lauren: We don't just have just candy.

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Dylan Lauren: It's like candy that we've curated that looks beautiful, or the packaging is beautiful, or it comes from another country and it's interesting.

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Dylan Lauren: Our Valentine's Day collection, it will be very different from our Easter collection in terms of roses and flowers from having this collaboration to hearts and pinks and reds and purples.

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Dylan Lauren: Easter is a whole other thing with pastels and beautiful soft colors, and it's just different, and candies are marshmallowy.

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Dylan Lauren: And so it's very fun.

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Dylan Lauren: I see candy as art and fashion, and that's definitely something I've learned through watching my parents.

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Dylan Lauren: Yes.

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Jill Rappaport: And if you walk into a Dylan's candy bar, and they're all over the country in airports now, it's like walking into a world of a rainbow.

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Jill Rappaport: It's so beautiful.

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Jill Rappaport: You feel like you're in a fantasy land.

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Dylan Lauren: Thank you.

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Dylan Lauren: I love like retail attainment, and I feel that having candy stores that I've been in, where you just sell candy is kind of not as fun as being in a set of like a Willy Wonka meets the art gallery where you're discovering new things that are not typical, but also seeing the nostalgic classics under a lollipop tree, which Dylan's candy bar has, or candy cane columns, or starlight peppermint stools.

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Dylan Lauren: It's the experience and the sharing with others that makes it a fun destination.

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Jill Rappaport: Well, and I imagine your kids are pretty popular.

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Dylan Lauren: Yeah, it's funny, like just with the past Super Bowl party or Halloween, I'm always sort of the one, whether it's the parents saying like, what are you bringing this time or what are you going to have for Halloween and I feel like I have to open my game every year.

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Dylan Lauren: But it's fun.

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Dylan Lauren: It's kind of like I feel like proud that I'm in the candy business.

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Dylan Lauren: I think it's like nice that the kids appreciated.

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Dylan Lauren: They've had their birthday parties at my stores and their friends have.

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Dylan Lauren: So I feel good about that.

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Dylan Lauren: I know it's a different career path, but my son's more on the like sort of financial side.

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Dylan Lauren: He wants to help me with the counting of the candies.

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Dylan Lauren: And my daughter is very artistic and actually helped me design a lot of like the things we're doing in our windows and our packaging.

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Dylan Lauren: She's always drawing new ideas, which are very good, actually.

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Jill Rappaport: But looking where you came from and your dad is just, a legend almost seems too light of a word for Ralph Lauren.

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Jill Rappaport: He really does.

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Jill Rappaport: And I was so thrilled.

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Jill Rappaport: I almost felt like I was there with you guys watching, you know, at the White House.

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Jill Rappaport: Tell our audience about the incredible honor your father, Ralph Lauren, just received.

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Dylan Lauren: Right.

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Dylan Lauren: Well, look, Jill, you are a very close family friend and have been there since, you know, my dad's beginnings in his career.

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Dylan Lauren: So I met you when I was probably like very young, your kid's age.

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Dylan Lauren: But just, you know, my dad recently won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is like the most, you know, biggest award, I guess, an American citizen can get.

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Dylan Lauren: And he got it amongst several people that I also admire.

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Dylan Lauren: I know he admires a Bono and a Wintour, just a bunch of, I mean, there's a whole list of like, maybe 12 people who really made an impact in this world.

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Dylan Lauren: And he was one that President Biden, you know, very much admires and the world, I guess admires obviously.

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Dylan Lauren: And it's just an honor to be with him and celebrate this moment.

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Dylan Lauren: Of course, he's very humble.

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Dylan Lauren: And but just, you know, I think it's well deserved and, you know, he works hard and he's in his 80s, and he's still working and still will plan to work till whenever he doesn't have to work, but he loves it and he believes in doing what you love.

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Dylan Lauren: And that's greatly inspired me and what I do.

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Dylan Lauren: So, yeah.

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Jill Rappaport: Oh, it was such a beautiful event.

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Jill Rappaport: And there was one shot before the ceremony started, where they were panning the crowd.

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Jill Rappaport: And I actually saw you and your mom, you know, sitting on the left hand side of the aisle, waiting for it all to begin.

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Jill Rappaport: What was it like for you as Ralph Lauren's daughter to see your dad get one of the greatest honors a human being can get?

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Dylan Lauren: You know, we don't take it lightly, although he has won a lot of honors.

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Dylan Lauren: And, you know, he's literally won things from the French prime minister, and he's been knighted.

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Dylan Lauren: He's won, you know, been honored in Jamaica.

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Dylan Lauren: Like, he's got some major titles, actually, that go beyond fashion as sort of governmental titles.

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Dylan Lauren: So I've definitely witnessed, you know, a lot beyond, like, the Legend Award he won, and all these other CFDA Awards.

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Dylan Lauren: So I just think this was probably the biggest award that an American citizen can get.

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Dylan Lauren: But what's more important is that he's not changed by it.

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Dylan Lauren: He's kind of works even harder.

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Dylan Lauren: And he's kind of inspires us all to work harder, and not to sit back in on our laurels, which is really cool.

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Dylan Lauren: Next day, back to work.

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Jill Rappaport: Yeah, you're only as good as your last collection, right?

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Dylan Lauren: Yeah.

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Dylan Lauren: And you would think someone with so much, both success and also challenges of keeping their brand up, especially in fashion, he's had a lot of really brilliant fashion shows and awards, but he's still going as if it was his first day back.

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Jill Rappaport: Well, and that's why he is the legend that he is.

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Jill Rappaport: Yeah.

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Jill Rappaport: And so beloved and really stands for what American fashion is all about.

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Jill Rappaport: You think of American fashion, you think Ralph Lauren.

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Jill Rappaport: And your mom is equally so inspirational and so creative, and such a driving force behind your dad.

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Jill Rappaport: Your beautiful mom, Ricky, is truly amazing and has helped your dad so much.

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Dylan Lauren: Yeah.

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Dylan Lauren: No, it's been really nice to witness them both, and they just celebrated their anniversary, their 60th.

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Dylan Lauren: And so, yeah, candy was definitely one of the gifts that made them a giant mosaic with candy, so it was great.

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Jill Rappaport: Well, Dylan, one of the things that connected us, obviously beyond my obsession with your dad and the clothing and all of that, is our love and our need to protect our animals.

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Jill Rappaport: And we connected many years ago about animal welfare.

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Jill Rappaport: And then I was so amazed and surprised to hear that you've taken it to a different level and really focused on a whole different type of animal that when you think you go into a shelter and now we see, thank goodness, many more bunny rabbits.

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Jill Rappaport: But that's really been, the rabbits have been your mission of your heart, haven't they?

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Dylan Lauren: Well, I would say two things.

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Dylan Lauren: Rabbits are my favorite animal.

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Dylan Lauren: And I grew up with two bunnies, Chocolate and Vanilla, who are the mascots of Dylan's Candy Bar and you'll see the big sculpture when you walk in the door.

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Dylan Lauren: But rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, horses, birds, I love all animals.

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Dylan Lauren: And so I started a foundation called Dylan's Candy Barn with an N, that is part of Dylan's Candy Bar's philanthropic arm.

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Dylan Lauren: And we do a ton of things to help all animals get adopted or help them from cruelty or whatever challenges they may face.

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Dylan Lauren: And rabbits is definitely an animal that after I guess dogs and cats, it's a pet that people sometimes don't like take as seriously and they surrender them or let them go back into the wild because they think rabbits live.

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Dylan Lauren: But domesticated rabbits kind of need forever home.

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Dylan Lauren: So I've definitely worked closely with shelters, like all about rabbits rescue, which helps teach you how to care for rabbits and how to really understand their needs.

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Dylan Lauren: But cats, dogs, we help adopt all of them.

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Dylan Lauren: We help them at our different charity events, at our stores and on our site.

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Jill Rappaport: Yeah, you're a wonderful ambassador and my condolences to you, Dylan.

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Jill Rappaport: I know you lost your beloved Jersey.

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Dylan Lauren: Yes, we can talk about that because I love her so much and it's hard to talk to them.

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Dylan Lauren: But animals, they have a different power over, I think, us.

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Dylan Lauren: I think in some ways, they're just so special.

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Dylan Lauren: And I know people think because they can't maybe talk, but they have very clear ways of expressing their needs and their pain and their wants.

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Dylan Lauren: And I think that people who may not want to rescue a dog, and I think going to a breeder, going to get some fancy place is the way to have the best dog.

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Dylan Lauren: But I'll tell you, from Jersey and the rescues I've met and got adopted, it's like a new ball game.

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Dylan Lauren: These animals, especially the shelters, they're beautiful.

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Dylan Lauren: Jersey was a cover model.

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Dylan Lauren: And a lot of my friends who have now adopted are like, I'm so grateful that I've saved a life that could have been euthanized or put down and they're beautiful and healthy and just amazing pets and so grateful that they've been given a home and love.

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Dylan Lauren: And it's just super, super good all around.

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Jill Rappaport: Second chance.

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Jill Rappaport: And I said in my open, and I'm imploring people right now to foster.

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Jill Rappaport: If you can't adopt, fostering is as important because we're the bridge between where they came from and where they could end up.

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Jill Rappaport: And most of the time, if you're like me, and I'm sure you too, you become a foster fail.

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Jill Rappaport: But if you aren't a foster fail, you're doing God's work to take an animal in temporarily, to just let them know the love and the compassion so that they can become viable for a home.

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Dylan Lauren: Oh my gosh, so many animals that we have worked with from all these different shelters around the country.

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Dylan Lauren: There's people who foster them, end up adopting them, have friends who end up taking them because they maybe didn't want to go to a shelter to meet them.

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Dylan Lauren: But they see their amazing animals all around.

00:17:56.218 --> 00:18:06.178
Dylan Lauren: And you could also volunteer just by walking, or dogs, or cats, or cleaning a rabbit's cage, or helping with their horses' feed and whatever.

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Dylan Lauren: There's so many ways to get involved in helping animals.

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Dylan Lauren: And it takes a lot of people who love animals and giving back.

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Dylan Lauren: And it's super fulfilling all around.

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Dylan Lauren: But definitely, every animal needs a forever home.

00:18:19.458 --> 00:18:29.538
Dylan Lauren: And having them live in a tiny little cage because maybe someone couldn't figure out how to balance like going to work and taking care of the animals.

00:18:29.538 --> 00:18:32.418
Dylan Lauren: Definitely, these places also educate you in how to do that.

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Dylan Lauren: They provide awareness on all different pet care.

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Dylan Lauren: So I think learning before you get any pet is really important, but they are the best thing you can have in your life, I think.

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Jill Rappaport: I agree.

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Jill Rappaport: You're preaching to the choir and our whole audience agrees with you.

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Jill Rappaport: And so great because this weekend being that it's Valentine's Day, we also are going to be sharing the same space in the show on Saturday.

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Jill Rappaport: It's called Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin.

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Jill Rappaport: It can be seen nationwide on CBS on your Saturday morning lineup.

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Jill Rappaport: Dylan, we're both in it.

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Jill Rappaport: I'm going to be featured at Southampton Animal Shelter for my work with my underdogs and my holiday campaign to try to get all my underdogs at home.

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Jill Rappaport: And I know you're going to be in the show as well.

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Dylan Lauren: Yes, yes, it's so cool that we're both in that show.

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Dylan Lauren: I actually saw a preview.

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Dylan Lauren: Well, actually, I saw other shows that are coming out.

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Dylan Lauren: It's just super amazing the work they do.

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Dylan Lauren: And they featured me talking about Rabbit Rescue and then about Wombats.

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Dylan Lauren: Because we helped with the wildfires in Australia way back.

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Dylan Lauren: And I loved meeting the exotic animals and the dogs and cats.

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Dylan Lauren: We've recently got like 50 animals adopted.

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Dylan Lauren: There's so many issues that happen.

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Dylan Lauren: And I think this show is about animal rescue, but it's even like turtles and snakes.

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Dylan Lauren: And people have all these exotics as pets that, they also affect the ecosystem.

00:20:01.338 --> 00:20:04.598
Dylan Lauren: When animals are not cared for, they go extinct.

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Dylan Lauren: It kind of ruins it for you.

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Dylan Lauren: Why do you have to care for them?

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Dylan Lauren: And they did a great job showing that.

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Dylan Lauren: And the Josh Fox Foundation has been a big supporter.

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Dylan Lauren: And so, it's been really great.

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Dylan Lauren: I'm excited to see this episode next, this coming weekend, actually.

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Dylan Lauren: It's been great.

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Jill Rappaport: Yeah, I'm so happy to be part of it with you.

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Jill Rappaport: And for all of our listeners out there, that if they're not going to get to an airport or we're not blessed enough to have one of your wonderful stores right in our area, which we do here in the Hamptons, tell our listeners how they can order online in time for Valentine's Day, Dylan.

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Dylan Lauren: Yeah, dylanscandybar.com is our website.

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Dylan Lauren: And we have our products on it.

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Dylan Lauren: Or if you're in New York City, there's Hudson Yards or LA, the Farmer's Market or the airports or lots of ways.

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Dylan Lauren: But I would say the website dylanscandybar.com has a lot of the products.

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Dylan Lauren: You just can't be under a lollipop tree or hearing 200 candy songs to dance to.

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Dylan Lauren: But it's still a good experience.

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Dylan Lauren: And I think people should give candy every day as a sign of love.

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Jill Rappaport: We're so in sync with how I feel.

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Dylan Lauren: Candy is the end, you know, it's fun.

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Dylan Lauren: But yeah, so that would be the best way.

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Dylan Lauren: But it's just been, you know, it's a happy place and happy experience to receive, you know, something from someone who you, you know, you love or they love you.

00:21:25.698 --> 00:21:26.938
Dylan Lauren: And it's a, you know, it's a fun day.

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Dylan Lauren: Obviously pets.

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Dylan Lauren: I mean, that's a big thing, you know, we've seen like and why we have our foundation, Dylan's Candy Barn.

00:21:32.918 --> 00:21:37.958
Dylan Lauren: I mean, that's a part of the family is your new rescue pet or your new adopted member.

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Dylan Lauren: It's like they get celebrated too.

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Dylan Lauren: So treats for them is good too.

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Jill Rappaport: Oh, just a beautiful message all the way around.

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Jill Rappaport: Dylan, I love catching up with you on these sweet holidays and continued wonderful work for all animals in need.

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Jill Rappaport: And my dentist thanks you.

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Dylan Lauren: Just brush your teeth.

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Dylan Lauren: Anything can cause cavities.

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Dylan Lauren: I've learned so it's all good.

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Jill Rappaport: Brush and floss, brush and floss, and then eat Dylan's Candy.

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Dylan Lauren: Yes.

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Dylan Lauren: Well, have a happy Valentine's Day.

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Dylan Lauren: And I wish you the best.

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Dylan Lauren: And thank you all for helping support our animals in need.

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Dylan Lauren: It's very cool.

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Jill Rappaport: Oh, thank you.

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Jill Rappaport: And my love to your family.

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Jill Rappaport: Oh, I just adore your family.

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Jill Rappaport: Big kiss to your dad.

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Jill Rappaport: And thank you all for joining us on this extra sweet edition of Rappaport to the Rescue.

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