Ralph Lauren Receives Knighthood For Services To Fashion

is the first American fashion designer to be recognised with an honorary British knighthood. The insignia will be presented to the creative, businessman and philanthropist by a representative of the Queen during a ceremony next year.

"Mr Lauren has played a key role in forging transatlantic cultural and economic connections," said Antony Phillipson, British Consul General to New York and Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America. "As creator and visionary of the Ralph Lauren brand worldwide, he has been a vanguard for the global fashion industry and American style for nearly half a century. In addition, monumental philanthropic efforts, especially in the realm of public health, cancer research and treatment in both the US and the UK, have led to benefits felt by citizens around the world.”