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) 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 born in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo and worked as a Bank of Ireland agent. Her mother, Netta Vernon née Morrissey, was from Charleville, Co. Cork. Herbert Vernon died at the age