HONOREE PROFILE: PATRICK ROBINSON

Of all the 2008 Honorees, Patrick is the youngest. At 41 he has been charged with turning the GAP around. After years of logo laden t-shirts and fashion experiments that worked in the fashion lab, but did not resonate with GAP customer, GAP decided it was time for a change. GAP decided to cast off it's Khakis for slim fit shirts. Early indications is that Patrick is making good on the promise to make GAP relevant & sexy again. Samuel L. Jackson brought Shaft back and Patrick Robinson is bringing sexy back.
Congratulations Patrick on your BRAG Business Achievement Award

Patrick Robinson was selected in May 2007 to serve as executive vice president of design for Gap Adult and gapbody. Robinson oversees all elements of design for Gap women’s and men’s apparel, accessories and intimates lines in North America.
Robinson joined Gap from Paco Rabanne in Paris, where he had been artistic director since 2005. Previously, he had designed a limited-edition collection for Target’s GO International initiative. Prior to his tenure at Paco Rabanne, Robinson held senior design and leadership roles at Perry Ellis and Anne Klein. Robinson served as the design director at Le Collezioni White Label by Giorgio Armani from 1990 to 1994.
Robinson is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design, was chosen one of Vogue magazine’s 100 rising stars in 1996 and has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America since 1994.