{{short description|American fashion designer}}
'''Robyn Berkley''' is the founder of lifestyle brand and wellness website Live The Process and the brand consulting company, RBBR. She has worked as a fashion publicist based in New York City, written for ''The Huffington Post'' and appeared as herself in the television series ''Kell on Earth''.
==Life and career== {{BLP primary sources|section|date=June 2015}} Berkley graduated from university in May 1999 with a degree in communications. Her first job, beginning in June 1999, was at New York public relations firm LaForce & Stevens, as an assistant. Aged 24, she was recruited by Johan Lindeberg as head of PR for North America for J. Lindeberg. Here she met Kelly Cutrone who, four years later, hired her as fashion director at People's Revolution, of which after seven years she became a partner.<ref name=harpers>{{cite web|title=Robyn Berkley, Owner, Robyn Berkley PR|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-designers/robin-berkley-fashion-insiders-on-making-it#slide-6|website=Harper's Bazaar|date=17 January 2014 |accessdate=25 July 2014}}</ref>
In May 2011, ''New York'' announced that Berkley was leaving People's Revolution to take a yoga<ref name=barneys/> teacher-training course in Bali<ref name=nymag>{{cite web|last1=Odell|first1=Amy|title=Robyn Berkley Is Leaving People's Revolution for Bali|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2011/05/robyn_berkley_is_leaving_peopl.html|website=New York|date=6 May 2011 |accessdate=25 July 2014}}</ref> to become a certified yoga instructor.<ref name="ltp/rb"/> Having completed the six-week course, in late 2011<ref name=barneys/> she launched ''Live The Process'' and her own consulting company, RBBR.<ref name="ltp/rb">{{cite web|title=Robyn Berkley|url=http://livetheprocess.com/author/robyn-berkley/|website=Live the Process|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> ''Live The Process'' is described as "an online wellness community for impossibly busy people".<ref name=barneys>{{cite web|title=Robyn Berkley tells us how to "Live the Process"|url=http://thewindow.barneys.com/robyn-berkley-live-the-process/|website=Barneys.com|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> RBBR represents a roster of brands that reflect Berkley's "balanced approach to business".<ref name="ltp/rb"/>
==''Huffington Post''== Between July 2010 and January 2011 Berkley blogged at ''The Huffington Post'' on relationship difficulties for thirty-something career women in New York City.<ref name=hpblog>{{cite web|title=Blog Entries by Robyn Berkley|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robyn-berkley/|website=Huffington Post|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref>
==''Kell on Earth''== ''Kell on Earth'', a reality TV show, ran February 1, 2010 – March 29, 2010 over eight episodes, and featured Berkley as a senior member of the People's Revolution staff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kell on Earth|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/kell-on-earth/|website=TV.com|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> Berkley starred in the first two episodes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robyn Berkley|url=http://www.tv.com/people/robyn-berkley/|website=TV.com|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref>
==David Lynch Collection== Berkley's "David Lynch Collection" clothing line, described as "a range of luxury meditation-ready pieces", was launched in association with the David Lynch Foundation.<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web|title=Alyssa Miller launches meditation line|url=https://ph.celebrity.yahoo.com/news/alyssa-miller-launches-meditation-line-060000630.html|website=Yahoo!|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> The name of the collection caused some news outlets to report that Lynch was the collection's designer.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Lynch Releases His Own Line Of Exercise Wear For Ladies|url=http://laist.com/2014/07/23/david_lynch_releases_his_own_line_o.php|website=laist.com|accessdate=27 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727060948/http://laist.com/2014/07/23/david_lynch_releases_his_own_line_o.php|archivedate=27 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=instyle>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Eric|title=Now You Know: The Truth Behind David Lynch "Designed" Leggings|url=http://news.instyle.com/2014/07/23/david-lynch-workout-clothes/|website=InStyle.com|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> Alyssa Miller, who modelled the collection, said of the design process, "Robyn was looking for someone who ... was familiar with the David Lynch Foundation ... so we decided to meet and everything just naturally fell into place from there."<ref name=yahoo/> ''InStyle'' called the line "a surprising success" and reported an "enormous amount of interest", with the product quickly selling out online.<ref name=instyle/>
==Personal life== {{BLP primary sources|section|date=June 2015}} Prior to resigning her position at People's Revolution, Berkley reported on the confusions and disruptions in her personal life.<ref name=hpblog/> Of her subsequent meditation practice, she has written, "The single most effective tool that I have introduced into my life to reduce stress and create balance is the practice of Transcendental Meditation."<ref name="ltp/mtsa">{{cite web|title=Melt The Stress Away|url=http://livetheprocess.com/2013/05/melt-the-stress-away/|website=Live The Process|accessdate=27 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703180526/http://livetheprocess.com/2013/05/melt-the-stress-away/|archivedate=3 July 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_beU_pbpRW8 Robyn Berkley in ''Kell on Earth''] *[http://www.bravotv.com/kell-on-earth/blogs/robyn-berkley/people-are-not-always-what-they-seem?page=0,0 Berkley article for Bravo TV] *[http://livetheprocess.com ''Live The Process'']
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