Distinguished Travel Hacker

For a Long Trip, the Secret to Happiness Is Packing Less

Designer Patrick Robinson has essential tips about packing for trips big and small.

Patrick Robinson attends Otis College Fashion Council dinner on September 18, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. 

Photographer: Randy Shropshire/Getty Images North America

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate—to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers.

Designer Patrick Robinson has spent the past 30 years at the forefront of fashion, whether helming the Giorgio Armani Collezioni line or juicing Gap’s sales with a jolt of couture creativity. The lifelong traveler’s current project is Paskho, a startup specializing in travel-friendly clothes for men and women. With each piece made from reclaimed and sustainable textiles, Robinson aims for them all to look as good at journey’s end as at the start, and to carry travelers from seat 1A to a C-suite-level meeting, without the need to change.