Craig Robinson (designer)
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Craig Robinson is an American fashion design
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tailor before establishing his label, Craig Robinson New York, in 2001. He is best known for dressing prominent New York bands and for sharply tailored designs mixing old-world tailoring skills with a contemporary sensibility. In 2003 Robinson opened a bespoke atelier on Lower 5th Avenue now acclaimed for hand-tailored suits, accessories, and custom shirts. His work has been featured in The New York Times, L’Uomo Vogue, Blackbook, Paper, Time Out,Surface, Details, and L.A. Confidential.
In 2007 Craig Robinson New York was featured in the exhibition New York Fashion Now along with Sean 'Diddy' Combs, John Varvatos, Miguel Adrover, Thom Browne and others.
Actor Morgan Freeman wore a Craig Robinson bespoke tuxedo on the red carpet at the 2010 Oscars.
Fashion design
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories....
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Bio
Robinson started out as a self-taught bespokeBespoke
Bespoke is a term employed in a variety of applications to mean an item custom-made to the buyer's specification...
tailor before establishing his label, Craig Robinson New York, in 2001. He is best known for dressing prominent New York bands and for sharply tailored designs mixing old-world tailoring skills with a contemporary sensibility. In 2003 Robinson opened a bespoke atelier on Lower 5th Avenue now acclaimed for hand-tailored suits, accessories, and custom shirts. His work has been featured in The New York Times, L’Uomo Vogue, Blackbook, Paper, Time Out,Surface, Details, and L.A. Confidential.
In 2007 Craig Robinson New York was featured in the exhibition New York Fashion Now along with Sean 'Diddy' Combs, John Varvatos, Miguel Adrover, Thom Browne and others.
Bespoke Clothing
Robinson launched his first ready to wear collection in 2009.Actor Morgan Freeman wore a Craig Robinson bespoke tuxedo on the red carpet at the 2010 Oscars.