In 1976, Wilson and her sisters formed the Fife Collection focusing on designing contemporary fashion, but incorporating traditional Southeastern Woodlands techniques and motifs.

Her grandfather was a wood and stone carver, her father drew with colored pencils and chalks, and from the time she was ten years old, her mother, who was a teacher, taught her fingerweaving.

[2] Fife attended Graham High School in Weleetka, Oklahoma and then went on to further her studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1965 to 1969.

[1] At the institute, she studied with world-renowned artists and her courses included painting with Neil Parsons (Blackfeet) and Fritz Scholder (Luiseño), printmaking with Seymour Tubis, and traditional design with Josephine Wapp (Comanche).

[1][2] The couple moved to Santa Fe that same year when, Wilson took over the design courses at the Institute of American Indian Arts, previously offered by Josephine Wapp, who had retired in 1973.

[3] Her weaving course used a wide variety of looms and techniques, utilizing diverse materials other than textiles, like bone, feathers, leather, and porcupine quills.

[7] In 1976,[8] she co-founded with her sisters Phyllis and Sharon, the Fife Collection, Inc., which focused on fashion design and incorporated traditional motifs and techniques from the Southeastern Woodlands peoples.

Though primarily focused on Native American fashion, the exhibit also included paintings by Jimmie Carol, embroidery works by Robin, handbags and jewelry by Wilson, and other fabric arts like quilts and wall hangings.