Ralph Lauren

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Ralph Lauren, photographed by Edgar de Evia (1978)

Ralph Lauren KBE [ ˈlɔː.rən ] ( listen ? / I ) (born October 14, 1939 in the Bronx , New York City as Ralph Lifshitz ) is an American fashion designer and founder of the Ralph Lauren Corporation fashion company . Audio file / audio sample

Life

Ralph Lauren is the son of Fraydl and Frank Lifshitz, a house painter . His parents were Ashkenazi Jews and emigrated to the United States from Pinsk in Belarus . Lauren first attended the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, but later moved to DeWitt Clinton High School. During this time he made his first living selling ties to his classmates. At the age of twelve he was already investing the money he earned in expensive suits. In 1957 he graduated. At the age of 16 Ralph and his two brothers Terry and Lenny decided to change their last names.

Lauren began economics at Baruch College to study, but was after two years for poor performance deregistered . From 1962 he served two years in the United States Army . In the summer of 1964 he met the receptionist Ricky Anne Low-Beer at his ophthalmologist's office, whom he married on December 20 of the same year in New York. In 1969 and 1971 their sons Andrew and David were born, in 1974 their daughter Dylan.

The main Polo Ralph Lauren store on Madison Avenue in New York City

After his time in the army, he worked as a salesman for the Brooks Brothers fashion house . In 1967, a $ 50,000 loan from fashion retailer Norman Hilton enabled him to design his own tie collection under the Polo label. In the same year he bought from Brooks Brothers, the rights to the brand and set out independently . In the future, Lauren not only concentrated on ties, but also designed complete collections for men. In 1970 he won the Coty Award and began to create women's collections the following year. In 1972 he was commissioned to design the clothes for the film The Great Gatsby . In the same year he launched a polo shirt in his own collection , which he put on the chest with the polo player on almost every Lauren product today. The model is still one of his most successful creations today.

In early April 1987, Lauren was diagnosed with a brain tumor . After a successful operation, he was completely cured in April 1987.

In 1999 Ralph Lauren took on a minor supporting role in the series Friends . He played himself in the episode A Radiant Impression .

In 2007, Lauren rented Central Park in New York for a 40th anniversary party . Members of the Kennedy and Bush families as well as “Hollywood greats” such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Dustin Hoffman appeared as well- wishers .

In March 2012, Forbes Magazine estimated Ralph Lauren's net worth at $ 7.5 billion. Lauren would be on the list of the richest people in the world at number 122. He lives in an approximately 5,700 hectare ranch in Ouray County , Colorado .

Ralph Lauren's son David has been married to Lauren Bush since 2011 . His nephew Greg Lauren is Elizabeth Berkley's husband .

Awards

  • 1970 COTY Award for the best men's fashion collection
  • 2010 Appointment as Knight of the Legion of Honor
  • On the New York Fashion Walk of Fame on 7th Avenue, Ralph Lauren is immortalized with a bronze plaque in the floor.
  • Appointment by His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales as "Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" at Buckingham Palace, London, UK, June 2019

literature

  • Michael Gross : Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren . Harper, New York 2003, ISBN 0-06-019904-0 . (English)
  • Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg: Ralph Lauren: The Man behind the Mystique . Little, Brown and Company, New York 1988, ISBN 0-316-85214-7 . (English)
  • Colin McDowell: Ralph Lauren: The Man, The Vision, The Style . Rizzoli, New York 2002, ISBN 0-8478-2524-8 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Ralph Lauren  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Gross: Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren. Harper, 2004, p. 28. (English)
  2. ↑ Ralph Lauren returns to his Russian roots. In: The New York Times . May 14, 2007. (English)
  3. ↑ Biography ( memento from September 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Ralph Laurens on thebiographychannel.co.uk accessed on April 3, 2012. (English)
  4. ↑ Michael Gross: Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren. Harper, 2004, pp. 91-93. (English)
  5. ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Laurens from whoswho.de, accessed on April 3, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.whoswho.de
  6. ^ Brain Tumor Surgery For Fashion Designer. In: New York Times . April 16, 1987. (English)
  7. ↑ Lauren's biography in British Vogue of May 11, 2011. (English)
  8. Jump up ↑ Ralph Lauren's profile at Forbes in March 2012.
  9. ↑ Randy Cassingham: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
  10. ↑ Jessica Iredale: Lauren Bush's Inaugural Designs. Lauren Bush Begins Her First Term in Fashion . In: W. Magazine. November 2008, accessed October 29, 2010. (English)
  11. ↑ Profile Ralph Laurens accessed (English) on April 6, 2012. on fashionmodeldirectory.com
personal data
SURNAME Lauren, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lipschitz, Ralph (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fashion designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City , United States