Join us August 10-18

About Robert Graham

Since 2001, Robert Graham has captivated consumers with an aesthetic experience that pushes the boundaries of the status quo. Each piece is an unconventional work of art designed for an individual who exudes confidence and a distinctive identity. The Robert Graham consumer is a connoisseur, an individual capable of discerning nuances who appreciates products of high quality and unique caliber.

Robert Graham is carried in more than 1500 doors globally, extending its reach to countries such as Austria, Belgium, Canada, Dubai, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Switzerland, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. This comes as no surprise as the brand’s design influences cross cultural boundaries, pairing eclectic prints and patterns to unexpected yet refined results.

Today, Robert Graham has expanded into a full range of other categories, including knit wear, pants, shorts, jackets, ties, cufflinks, belts, hats, scarves, gloves, hosiery and a full women’s collection. On the horizon are men’s suits, shoes, fragrance and home furnishings.

About Robert Stock

Robert Stock: The Man Behind The Brand

By the time he designed the first Robert Graham Collection in 2001, Robert Stock had accomplished a great deal during his extensive career in the fashion business. Stock’s own story has been a journey that has taken him from a childhood in the Bronx to a highly successful career as a designer.

He formed his point of view at an early age taking his fashion cues from his father’s love for beautifully tailored dress shirts. As a young man, Stock favored Saville Row style — an influence that continues to resonate today in the Robert Graham line, with its impeccable quality, exquisite detailing and wry, subtle wink of British-inspired humor.

At a very young age Stock’s talent and eye landed him a partnership with Ralph Lauren – a fellow Bronx native whom Stock first met when Lauren was selling a tie and cologne line to the owner of the clothing store where Stock worked – in the mid 1960′s. Stock ultimately ended up partnering with Lauren on his highly successful Chaps collections.

But it didn’t take long for the men’s wear industry to recognize Robert Stock as a rising star with abundant talent and potential. Always a sportswear designer with a penchant for woven tops, Stock single handedly created the sand washed silk phenomenon and to this day his signature sand washed silk shirts are regarded as classics.

In 2000, Stock felt there was a void in the men’s market. With every collection looking as safe and uninspired as the next, he saw a big opportunity to design something fresh and unique and as importantly, challenge himself again. The results are evident; Robert Graham is the achievement of a designer inspired.

Robert Graham was founded in 2001 and is an American Eclectic luxury brand based out of New York City. The name of the company is an amalgam of its two founders, Robert Stock – the award-winning American fashion designer – and Graham Fowler — an English textile designer who left the company in 2002, a year after its inception.

“I sense that the emotions I experience when designing Robert Graham products are similar to the emotions people have when wearing them,” says Founder and Designer Robert Stock.

“Expressing yourself without reservation, without explanation, just feeling confident. Enjoying a life well lived. That is my vision for Robert Graham.”

And since launching Robert Graham in 2001, that vision has come to fruition. Admirers have come to discover its witty, engaging and accessible sense of individuality. They enjoy wearing the collections as much as Stock enjoys designing them. It’s an attitude that carries through to the “Knowledge Wisdom Truth” label integrated discreetly into every garment.

“Those three little words sum it all up,” Stock notes. “They are the essence of what I am looking to communicate.”

Along the way, Stock has received the coveted Coty Award and the Prestigious Cutty Sark Award for Leading American Men’s Sportswear Designer. He has also been honored by FIT at its annual Star Salute at the United Nations in 1995 and by YMA at its Annual Scholarship Fund Awards in 2000.

Robert Stock is married with two children and currently resides in Connecticut.

Robert Stock for Robert Graham will show a collection at the Austin Fashion Week Kickoff Event on August 14 at GSD&M Idea City.