Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek Rıfat Özbek (, ; born in 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born fashion designer, known for his exotic, ethnically-inspired outfits. He was named British Designer of the Year in 1988 and 1992. Özbek was born in Istanbul, Turkey and grew up in a yali on the Bosphorus. He moved to London in the 1970s and lived in his parents flat in Belgravia whilst he was studying architecture and then fashion at Saint Martin's School of Art. After graduating in 1977 (or 1978), Özbek went to Italy where he designed clothes for Monsoon. In 1984 he established his
Pat Crowley (fashion designer) spoke in the interview of how Crowley was regressing back to her childhood. Crowley died on 16 December 2013, aged 80 and was buried in Rooske Cemetery, Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Pat Crowley (fashion designer) Pat Crowley (17 May 1933 - 16 December 2013) was an Irish fashion designer. Amongst her clients were the Irish president Mary Robinson. Patricia Crowley, née Vernon, was born in Taylor’s Hill Co. Galway on 17 May 1933. She was the eldest of seven children, her four brothers John, Robert, William and Ray and her two sisters Elizabeth and Anne. Herbert Scott Vernon, Crowley's father, was