Article: Lauren makes initial entry into innerwear in pact with Sara Lee. (Polo/Ralph Lauren L.P., Sara Lee Personal Products)

NEW YORK - Ralph Lauren is getting intimate. And in a deal with one of the powerhouses of the innerwear industry - Sara Lee Corp. - it's a business that analysts say could eventually add another several hundred million dollars to the designer's empire.

In yet another move to build his born-again women's wear business, the designer's company, Polo Ralph Lauren, said Friday that Lauren has entered into a licensing agreement with Sara Lee Personal Products to produce a collection of women's and girls' bras, panties, daywear and loungewear. The line will be, marketed under the label Ralph Lauren Underwear Collection.

It marks Lauren's first full-fledged entry into ...

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