With these words, Ralph Lauren, born Ralph Lifshitz in New York in 1939, defines the philosophy on which he built a brand that has continually represented the best in American design. He founded ...

Ralph Lauren was born Ralph Lifshitz in 1939 in the Bronx, New York, to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Belarus. He has described himself as a scrappy kid who reached a height of only 5 feet 6 ...