Guest Judges, Project Runway Canada

Robin Kay, president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC), has 25 years experience in the world of fashion. With no formal training in fashion design but a natural business sense, Robin began in 1976 with a high-end fashion retail chain called Robin Kay Clothing Company. Over a period of 25 years, Robin opened a total of 18 retail stores while wholesaling her designs to over 600 accounts throughout the United States.

Having achieved phenomenal success with her designs and retail business Robin began looking for new challenges. She had personally experienced the difficulties of trying to make it as a designer in Canada and recognized the need for an organization with the sole purpose of promoting and mobilizing Canadian fashion on an international stage. In 1999 Robin decided that it was time to make that change, she divested her chain of stores and joined the Fashion Design Council of Canada. As an international ambassador for Canada’s fashion industry Robin leads the FDCC in the organization of L’Oréal Fashion Week in Toronto.