Object Details
- Artist
- Mark Seliger, born 23 May 1959
- Sitter
- Ralph Lauren, born 1939
- Exhibition Label
- Born Bronx, New York
- Long synonymous with classic American style, fashion designer Ralph Lauren has built an enormously successful lifestyle brand by making upper-class, casual elegance accessible to a global clientele. While still in his teens, Lauren developed an eye for timeless design, fine tailoring, and superior fabrics when he purchased a Brooks Brothers suit with earnings from his part-time job as a stock boy. Following his two-year service in the army and a stint as an assistant buyer for a department store chain, he began creating designs for Beau Brummell Ties. Having learned from his early experiences, Lauren launched his own Polo neckwear line in 1967. He premiered his men’s clothing collection in 1968 and soon brought home the first of many coveted fashion awards. Lauren’s line of women’s clothing made its debut in 1971, just before the introduction of his signature mesh sport shirt with the iconic polo player logo. Since the arrival of the sport shirt in 1972, the brand has grown to include a vast array of products—from perfume to home furnishings.
- Nacido en el Bronx, Nueva York
- El diseñador Ralph Lauren, sinónimo por mucho tiempo del estilo de modas clásico norteamericano, ha creado una marca de enorme éxito poniendo al alcance de una clientela global la elegancia informal de la clase alta. Siendo todavía adolescente, Lauren ya demostró su instinto para el diseño intemporal, el buen corte y las telas de calidad al comprar un traje de Brooks Brothers con el dinero que había ahorrado trabajando a tiempo parcial como empleado de almacén. Al cabo de dos años de servicio militar y un breve período como comprador asistente para una cadena de grandes almacenes, empezó a crear diseños para las corbatas Beau Brummell. Con la experiencia que había ido adquiriendo, Lauren lanzó su propia línea Polo de corbatas en 1967. Su colección de ropa masculina debutó en 1968 y pronto le ganó el primero de muchos codiciados premios del mundo de la moda. Su línea de ropa femenina apareció en 1971, poco antes de que presentara su distintiva camisa deportiva con el emblemático logotipo del jugador de polo. Desde la llegada de esta en 1972, la marca ha crecido hasta abarcar un gran catálogo de productos, desde perfumes hasta objetos para el hogar.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Ralph Lauren Corporation
- 2002 (printed 2017)
- Object number
- NPG.2017.89
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2002 Mark Seliger
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Chromogenic print
- Dimensions
- Image (not including black border): 54.1 × 42.3 cm (21 5/16 × 16 5/8")
- Sheet: 60.9 × 51 cm (24 × 20 1/16")
- Mat: 81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior\Studio
- Container\Box\Crate
- Ralph Lauren: Male
- Ralph Lauren: Business and Finance\Businessperson
- Ralph Lauren: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Designer\Fashion designer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2017.89
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4cfce0c0d-ae4d-426c-8620-37f0d098cb78
