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
Rifat Chadirji Rifat Chadirji Rifat Chadirji (also known as Rifa'at Al Chaderchi ) was born on December 6, 1926 in Baghdad, is an Iraqi architect, photographer, author and activist. He is admired as the greatest modern architect of Iraq, and taught at the Baghdad School of Architecture for many years. Rifat Chadirji was born in Baghdad in 1926 into an influential family. His father, Kamil Chadirji (1897-1968), played a central role in Iraq's political life as founder and president of the National Democratic Party. He trained as an architect. In 1952, after completing his graduate training, Rifat returned to Baghdad and began