History of fashion design his brilliant, sexy, and colorful designs, and Dolce & Gabbana, with their superfeminine and fantastical style, broke away from the serious and sober-minded fashions that dominated during much of the 1990s. The British designer Vivienne Westwood produced many influential and popular collections in the early 1990s, which included outfits inspired by 18th-century courtesans and the Marquis de Sade, with rounded hips, corsets, and platform heels. The London-based designer Rifat Ozbek was also popular, particularly in New York and Milan. His youthful style, which mixed references to India, Africa, and his native Turkey with clever takes on historical clothing, was reminiscent
Christina Kim (fashion designer) Christina Kim (fashion designer) Christina Kim (born 1957) is a South Korean-born fashion designer based in Los Angeles, California and founder of design house Dosa. Kim was born in South Korea, and came to the United States with her family in 1971, at the age of 15. She would go on to work in the import/export industry beginning in the mid-1980s. Dosa employed 30 people as of 2007, with a workspace in Los Angeles, as well as a store in New York City. Her joint work with jeweller Pippa Small was featured in London's Anthony d'Offay Gallery in 2002; she