Patrick was raised macrobiotic, and grew up soaking up the effects of the cultural revolution of the 60’s, living on a commune on the Hudson River in the early 70’s. Reading about ‘Halston’ and leafing through ‘W’ inspired him to become a fashion designer. In 1982, his first hat collection was bought by Barneys, prior to that he had never worked for any “designers”, he then spent the next 20 years figuring out how to make clothing.