Ricky Lauren

Ricky Ann Lauren (née Loew-Beer; born June 15, 1943) is an American author, artist, photographer, and psychotherapist, and the wife of fashion designer Ralph Lauren.

Early life

Born Ricky Ann Loew-Beer, Margaret Vytouch and Rudolph Loew-Beer. Lauren was an English major at Hunter College. She met her future husband Ralph Lauren at the eye doctor's office where she was working part time. Lauren taught fifth grade and danced for a time in The Bronx.

Career Hostess, patron and fundraiser The New York Times said Lauren has supported her husband's career as a "silent partner. and her patronage for charitable events. In 2000, she and her husband established a cancer center which is part of North General Hospital in Harlem. The couple also founded the Ralph and Ricky Lauren Center for the Performing Arts, which is located at the Lexington School for the Deaf, in New York City.

Lauren has been identified as the "Polo Persona", the model by which the Polo advertising campaigns are developed.

Author Lauren is an author, artist and photographer best known for her lifestyle and cookbooks. One of her books is Cuisine, Lifestyle, and Legend of the Double RL Ranch, of which The New York Times says, "Here is a loving — and really beautiful — picture-book tribute (with history and recipes) to the spot near Telluride that spawned an empire built on denim shirts, tooled turquoise-buckle belts, and red-and-black horse blankets." which was well received by Publishers Weekly. She also wrote the book My Island in 1994.

Personal life Ricky and Ralph Lauren have three children, Andrew, David, and Dylan. Andrew (born 1969) is a film producer and actor. David (born 1971) is Executive Vice President of Global Advertising, Marketing, and Communications at Ralph Lauren Corporation. In September 2011, he married Lauren Bush, the granddaughter of former President George H. W. Bush. Dylan (born 1974) is owner of Dylan's Candy Bar in New York City. In June 2011, she married hedge fund manager, Paul Arrouet. The Laurens lived in Southampton, New York, They spent summers in Long Island. They had two houses in Amagansett, from which Ralph commuted into New York City, and then a house in East Hampton. that they bought in 1982.

Lauren studied photography after she was married.