ICON | Ricky Lauren

photo of the Lauren Family in Amagansett, NY by Les Goldberg, 1977

"I've always loved the girl in the convertible with her hair blowing in the wind. When I started to design clothes for women they were for that natural girl. I didn't like the girl with all the makeup and high heels. I liked the girl in jeans and a white shirt with rolled up sleeves, wearing her boyfriend's jacket. That's the girl I'm attracted to. That's the girl I married—Ricky." —Ralph Lauren