Ralph Lauren — fashion with roots in the Russian Empire
Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz) is an American fashion designer and billionaire who built one of the world's most recognisable luxury lifestyle brands through Polo Ralph Lauren. He is considered one of the most successful American fashion entrepreneurs in history, having built a brand valued at over $10 billion.
Tracing the roots — Pinsk (Belarus)
His parents Frank Lifshitz and Frieda Cutler were Jewish immigrants from Pinsk (Belarus, then Russian Empire). Growing up in the Bronx in a Jewish immigrant household, Lauren changed his name professionally and spent his career selling an aspirational vision of American aristocracy — a supreme irony: the son of Belarusian Jewish immigrants inventing the idea of American old-money elegance.
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Pinsk (Belarus). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"I don't design clothes. I design dreams."