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
Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano is a 2015 book by Paris-based American journalist Dana Thomas. "Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano" is a double biography on the lives two heralded British fashion designers, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. Critical reception for "Gods and Kings" has been positive. The "New York Times" wrote that "Ms. Thomas has produced a slightly seedy-feeling but, yes, addictive biography of two outsize personalities who seem less the