Ralph Lauren was born in The Bronx, New York City,[REF] to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants, Frieda (Cutler) and Frank Lifshitz, an artist and house painter,[REF] from Pinsk, Belarus [REF].
Lauren attended day school followed by MTA (now known as the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy), before eventually graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1957 [REF].