IT'S CHALLENGING TO THINK of a designer who is alive today who has spanned as many decades in business and had anything like the colossal effect Ralph Lauren has had on what we wear, how we decorate and how we live.
While his fashion lines started earlier, the launch of Ralph Lauren Home in 1983 was a game-changer for dedicated followers wholeheartedly taking a brand into their lives - from what was on their bodies to the linen on their beds.
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