Ralph Lauren (1939-)

One of America's most famous fashion designers, Ralph Lauren is famous today to the extent that he has his name on all sorts of products.

Ralph Lauren studied business in college before dropping out later. Starting out his career in fashion as a necktie designer and later opening his own company in 1968, Polo Fashions, Ralph Lauren has since then designed numerous men and women designer fashion collections.

Today, his designs include sports wear, casual wear and even home furnishings. Well known for his tastefully stylish and elegant designs, that voids that flashiness of other fashion designers, Ralph Lauren is without a doubt, a creative genius in fashion design with innovation and style few can compare with.