Fashion designer Ralph Lauren, whose name has become synonymous with preppy-chic, was awarded the Presidential Medal of ...

After decades of being nearly synonymous with American fashion, the 85-year-old became the first fashion designer to receive ...

Ralph Lauren has made history as the first fashion designer ever to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. AP Ralph Lauren has made history as the first fashion designer to ever receive the ...

First Lady Jill Biden is seen at a Ralph Lauren Fashion Show last September. The Washington Post via Getty Images The designer has also dressed some of the country’s most powerful people ...

Biden. Ralph Lauren overseeing the renovation of his Fifth Avenue apartment in 1977. A final bow after Lauren's fall 1999 fashion show. There’s no set criteria for receiving the Presidential ...

Mr. Lauren is the first fashion designer to receive the honor.