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Whatever Happened To … Nina Hyde?". The Washington Post. January 17, 2010 . Retrieved November 8, 2016. They have three children: Andrew Lauren (b. 1969), a film producer and actor; [37] David Lauren (b. 1971), an executive vice president at Ralph Lauren Corporation; [38] [ citation needed] and Dylan Lauren (b. 1974). [39] In September 2011, David married Lauren Bush, granddaughter of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush. [40] Lauren and David have three children and live in Manhattan. [41] [42] Dylan Lauren, owner of Dylan's Candy Bar in New York City, was married in June 2011 to hedge fund manager Paul Arrouet. [43] Dylan and Paul had twins on April 13, 2015, via surrogate in New York City. [44]

Lauren has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including Architectural Digest, GQ, Forbes, Town & Country, TIME and Vogue. [ citation needed] BADASS D.A.D. GARAGE OWNED BY RALPH LAUREN". unfinishedman. May 8, 2016 . Retrieved August 19, 2016. Ralph Lauren wins the American Fashion Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. [70] Ralph Lauren steps down as CEO of his fashion firm". CNBC.com. September 29, 2015 . Retrieved May 4, 2018.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]

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. CFDA Fashion Awards Presented in New York". PR Newswire. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on November 18, 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. In celebration of his contribution to American style, Ralph Lauren is among the first designers inducted into the Fashion Walk of Fame in the center of New York City's Fashion District.( Garment District, Manhattan) [84] Ralph Lauren wins CFDA's Award for Humanitarian Leadership in recognition of his commitment to fighting breast cancer. [83]At the first Council of Fashion Designers of America award ceremony, Ralph Lauren wins his first CFDA Fashion Award. [73] Saner, Emine (October 2, 2015). " 'It's not about fabric, it's about dreams': how Ralph Lauren created an empire". The Guardian . Retrieved May 4, 2018. 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]