He officially turned his passion for fashion into a career with a sales job at the Brooks Brother in New York at the age of As his success began to grow, Ralph grew his passion further and launched a clothing line. He created Polo, a brand that not only sold clothes but also a lifestyle. The Ralph Lauren Corporation has evolved from the Polo line and transformed into a true lifestyle brand, now offering Ralph Lauren products in four different categories including apparel, home, accessories, and fragrances.
During his career, Lauren has also designed the USA Olympic uniforms numerous times as well as designing the costumes for popular movies, including Annie Hall and The Great Gatsby From his humble beginning as a young boy from the Bronx, Lauren grew into an international household name through hard work, determination and the pursuit of his dream. Throughout his lifetime, Ralph Lauren has established himself as a philanthropist. During the s, Lauren was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Fortunately, he was able to have the tumour removed before any damage was done and made a full recovery.
His fashion ideas have been criticized by some for not being particularly innovative while also embraced by scores of consumers who prefer more approachable looks. Lauren subsequently broadened his brand to include a luxury clothing line known as Ralph Lauren Purple, a rough and rustic line of apparel dubbed RRL, a home-furnishing collection called Ralph Lauren Home and a set of fragrances.
Polo currently produces clothing for men, women and children and has hundreds of internationally placed stores, including factory stores that produce the majority of his sales domestically.
Lauren has also designed Olympic uniforms for Team USA, though controversy ensued when it was discovered that the competitors' attire for the summer games was made in China. During the s, Lauren made his foray into the film business as well, further cementing his status as a classic American designer by outfitting cast members for the film adaptation of The Great Gatsby , starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Lauren also received credit for helping to outfit the cast of 's The Wild Party , another early 20th-century outing starring James Coco and Raquel Welch.
The designer then became well known for Diane Keaton 's rather distinctive looks in the comedy Annie Hall. Decades later, Lauren would be enamored by a show that wholeheartedly reflects his particular vision, the PBS series Downton Abbey.
He subsequently created a fall collection inspired by the show and sponsored its final season in Polo expanded rapidly in the s and s, opening boutiques across the United States and abroad. With Goldman Sachs having purchased more than a quarter of the company in the mids, Polo Ralph Lauren went public on June 11, , trading under the symbol RL.
After a year of falling shares, Lauren stepped aside as chief executive of Ralph Lauren Corp. Lauren took on the role of executive chairman and chief creative officer of the company he founded. The Laurens are the parents of three children: Andrew, David and Dylan. David Lauren is the only one of the three to have made his career at Polo. Though, apparently, Raekwon didn't get a call. And over the years, the Polo bear has evolved, changed outfits , and been embraced by the brand's stans, including the Lo-Life crew.
Rack-Lo, who founded the Lo-Lifes in the late eighties, told Fashionista of the style: "We wore the bears and exposed them, and they became an item that people valued and still cherish. If you're a true collector, having multiple bears in your Polo collection is mandatory.
The year was In one episode, "The One With Ross's Teeth," she gets caught up in some salacious office gossip, involving Lauren himself—and the designer makes his one and only cameo in the series, for a single, awkwardly silent elevator ride. The designer has continued to have a presence in entertainment over the years. He's outfitted some particularly notable characters on television. Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope was partial to the brand too—its coats in particular—on Scandal.
Of all the high-profile, celebrity-heavy events on the calendar, the Met Gala stands out among Ralph Lauren's red-carpet record. Such memorable instances include Blake Lively's first-ever! One could even say he's played matchmaker at the Met…. See next slide. With its avant-garde interpretation of a classic silhouette and dramatically long train , it became an instant meme.
Perhaps the most notable part of the evening, though, was that the brand also dressed Nick Jonas, so the two walked the red carpet together…and, well, the rest is history. At the ceremony, in June, he got another tribute from the organization, the Member's Salute , in which various colleagues—from Tommy Hilfiger to Michael Kors—honored his 50 years in the business. It also has created pieces for other major sporting events over the years, like Wimbledon and the U. It doesn't get more Americana than that.
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