Patrick Clark Robinson was born in the United States in 1967 and grew up in Southern California. He is a Virgo. He started making and selling garments to friends in High School, when he realized that he wanted to be a fashion designer. He studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York, then in their Paris branch, graduating around 1987. He has also used the name "Patrick Clark" for some design work.
His fashion career has progressed with many leading designers. He started with Albert Nipon then he was with Giorgio Armani Le Collezioni from 1990 to 1994, and with Anne Klein from 1994 to 1996 among others.
He launched own Sportswear label in 1997 which did very well. Patrick Robinson is a very imaginative and talented sportswear designer and his clothes are in great demand.
In the Spring of 2001 Robinson started a new venture, in partnership with Barry Pfeifer, President of Cashmere company Cullen USA. They showed their first collection at Magic, in Las Vegas.
Patrick is married to Vogue's fashion market director Virginia Smith and has a son Wyeth born in 2003.
Patrick was appointed Creative Director of Perry Ellis Womens Sportswear in April 2003 and brought out his first collection for the house for Spring/Summer 2004.
Since then his work has been hailed as a triumph. He says he looks for what is relevant about Ellis today, mentioning the optimisim of the designer who died in 1986 but left a dynamic house.
In December 2004, Patrick Robinson announced that he was leaving his post as design consultant for Perry Ellis.
In February 2005, it was announced that Patrick has joined the house of Paco Rabanne succeeding Rosemary Rodriguez who was the designer for several years there.