biography
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Lauren, Ralph
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originally Ralph Lifshitz
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pronunciation:
[loren]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Fashion designer, born in the Bronx, New York, USA. As a fledgling designer, he changed his name in the mid-1950s. He founded Polo for men (1968) and Ralph Lauren women's collections (1971). His casual, expensive ready-to-wear range was distinguished by classic designs and a rich mixture of fabrics, texture, and colour, and won him eight Coty Awards. His clothing, housewares, and accessories brilliantly evoked old money and country house life for upwardly mobile America. He became known for expensive advertising that promoted the Lauren image as well as the products. |
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