Byline: Associated Press
Bill Robinson, an innovative men's fashion designer who died Thursday at his home in Greenwich Village. He was 45.
He died after a long illness, said his companion, Leo Chiu.
Beginning with the fall of 1986, garments designed by Mr. Robinson were manufactured and marketed by the Bill Robinson sportswear division of Bidermann Industries, which is a Paris-based fashion company.
But after Mr. Robinson became seriously ill two years ago, the operations of the Bill Robinson division -- where he had the title of designer -- halted.
This past September, though, he was feeling better and returned to his …
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