She met her future husband Ralph Lauren at the eye doctor's office where she was working part time.
[8][9] Lauren has supported her husband's career as a kind of "silent partner", as summarized by The New York Times.
[13] In 2000, she and her husband established a cancer center which is part of North General Hospital in Harlem.
The couple also founded the Ralph and Ricky Lauren Center for the Performing Arts, which is located at the Lexington School for the Deaf, in New York City.
[10] Ralph identifies her as his muse, writing in his memoir: "I didn't like the girl with all the makeup and high heels.
[17] One of her books is Cuisine, Lifestyle, and Legend of the Double RL Ranch,[18][19] of which The New York Times says, "Here is a loving — and really beautiful — picture-book tribute (with history and recipes) to the spot near Telluride that spawned an empire built on denim shirts, tooled turquoise-buckle belts, and red-and-black horse blankets.