Speed, Style, and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collection". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. March 6, 2005. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010 . Retrieved April 7, 2010. In 2000, the Ralph Lauren Corporation launched its Volunteer Program, which energizes employees and creates meaningful connections with the communities in which they work. [58] On Friday, September 15, Ralph Lauren Corporation launched the Pink Pony Campaign, a national initiative to reduce disparities in cancer care by raising awareness as well as enhancing prevention, screening, and treatment in poor and underserved communities. [59] Similarly, in 2006, the Polo Jeans G.I.V.E. (Get Involved, Volunteer, Exceed) campaign was created to inspire and encourage community service through volunteerism by supporting the efforts of dedicated volunteers and their causes, including Habitat for Humanity. [60]

New York Observer: "Andrew Lauren, Son of Ralph, Worships Redford, Beatty, Welles" By Irina Aleksander April 30, 2008

Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life". Time. September 1, 1986. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008 . Retrieved September 15, 2009. At DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Lauren attended business classes but paid little attention to studies. His adolescent idols were British and American style setters: the Duke of Windsor, for example, and Katharine Hepburn. Ralph Lauren Volunteer Program". Ralph Lauren. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016 . Retrieved October 3, 2016. Royal Appointment: Prince William Opens the Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research in London". WWD. May 17, 2016 . Retrieved November 16, 2016.

Ralph Lauren enters the Coty Hall of Fame for Menswear, and also wins his second Coty Award for Womenswear, the first time a designer has won awards for both menswear and womenswear in the same year. Ralph Lauren Restores the Amphitheater of the École des Beaux-Arts". Vogue. October 9, 2013 . Retrieved October 3, 2016.The first Ralph Lauren fragrances, produced by Warner-Lauren, Ltd. were launched at Bloomingdale's in March 1978. Lauren, a fragrance for women, on March 12 and Polo, cologne for men, on March 26. This was the first time that a designer had introduced two fragrances – one for men and one for women – simultaneously. The company entered the European market, and went international in 1981 with the opening of the first freestanding store for an American designer on New Bond Street in the West End of London, England. [ citation needed] Later 20th century [ edit ] A Polo Ralph Lauren store on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago In a private ceremony at the Élysée Palace, Ralph Lauren receives the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur from Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic of France, in recognition of his contributions as a designer, business leader, and philanthropist. [89] Ralph Lauren opens Polo Bar restaurant in New York". The Telegraph. January 9, 2015. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015 . Retrieved November 17, 2016. Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A. Ralph Lauren: The Man behind the Mystique. Little, Brown and Company New York 1981. Lauren was born on October 14, 1939, in the Bronx, New York City, [3] [4] to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants [5] [6] [7] [8] Frieda (Cutler) and Frank Lifshitz, an artist and house painter, [9] [10] from Pinsk, Second Polish Republic (now Belarus). [11] [12] His mother was from Drahichyn, Belarus. [13] The youngest of four siblings, [14] [15] he has two brothers and one sister. At age 16, he legally changed his second name from Lifshitz to Lauren along with his brother George Poitras Lauren, due to bullying at school. [16] His choice of the name followed his older brother Jerry Lauren, who had first done so after experiencing bullying in the U.S. Air Force. [17]

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Lauren, Ralph (October 2002). "Oprah Interviews Ralph Lauren". O, the Oprah Magazine; oprah.com. Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey . Retrieved December 12, 2012. In April 1987, Ralph Lauren underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor and made a full recovery. [45] Smithsonian's Star-Spangled Banner to Undergo Three-Year Conservation". American History. April 24, 2012 . Retrieved October 3, 2016.The Great Gatsby". RalphLauren.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016 . Retrieved October 24, 2016. Riverkeeper Fishermen's Ball honoring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ralph Lauren". Riverkeep.org . Retrieved November 16, 2016. Lauren has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including Architectural Digest, GQ, Forbes, Town & Country, TIME and Vogue. [ citation needed] How Ralph Lauren's daughter indulges around the world". October 31, 2017 . Retrieved October 18, 2023. At the first Council of Fashion Designers of America award ceremony, Ralph Lauren wins his first CFDA Fashion Award. [73]