Designer Profile
Tory Burch
A vintage tunic from a Paris flea market. Interior designer David Hicks' graphic style. American sportswear. A television commercial encouraging you to be bold and follow
your dreams. The Tory Burch story could begin at any number of starting points.
But delve deep and it really all goes back to her parents, Buddy and Reva Robinson,
and a childhood in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
There, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Tory grew up a tomboy, climbing trees and playing in the backyard with her three brothers. Her parents were consummate entertainers, serving lunches on the poolside porch, all fretwork and white lattice, and always with fresh flowers on the table. Then there were their travels — Marrakech, Athens, Capri…
Photos of Buddy and Reva in the Sixties and Seventies would prove endlessly inspiring,
he in his loafers and Hermès scarf-lined jackets and she, channeling bohemian glamour
in her long caftans.