Richard Robinson (fashion designer) Richard Robinson (fashion designer) Richard Robinson is a Canadian fashion designer based in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the proprietor of Richard Robinson Haute Couture, and operates the Richard Robinson Academy of Fashion Design. Robinson entered the fashion business by working for Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent in their Paris ateliers. In 1969 he started his own fashion company in Ottawa. In 1972, Robinson opened the Richard Robinson Fashion Design Academy. Each year in May the Academy mounts a fashion show to display the work of both Robinson and his students. The event is usually held at the Lac Leamy
Jane Carr (fashion designer) American Art in New York. Jane Carr (fashion designer) Jane Carr, is a British fashion designer specialising in hand-finished accessories for men and women. Carr established a reputation through showing at London Fashion Week, Premiere Classe and Tranoi in Paris, as well as Pitti Uomo in Florence. She trained at Central St Martins, and graduated in 1999. After winning the International Wool Secretariat prize in 2000, she was hired by Donnatella Versace to work as the Head of Prints at Fashion House Versace for 4 years. She then consulted for Balenciaga and Jil Sander before establishing her own label "Jane