Adnan Akbar
'Adnan Akbar, born in Mecca, is a Saudi fashion designer described as the "Saint Laurent of the Middle East". He studied embroidery in Lebanon and in Karachi. In 1989, he entered a licensing agreement for embroidered luxury fabrics with the French textile company Bianchini Férier.
Adnan Akbar
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- Saudi Arabia
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Languages
- Arabic
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'Adnan Akbar, born in Mecca, is a Saudi fashion designer described as the "Saint Laurent of the Middle East". He studied embroidery in Lebanon and in Karachi. In 1989, he entered a licensing agreement for embroidered luxury fabrics with the French textile company Bianchini Férier.
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In 1989, he launched a collection of pret a porter which was well received in the United States.
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- 1.U.S. News Pub. Corp. U.S. News & World Report. 1989.
- 2.Hoppenstand, Gary. The Greenwood encyclopedia of world popular culture. Greenwood Press. 86. 2007. 978-0-313-33274-6.
- 3.Kaufman, Elisabeth. Adnan Akbar: Toutes les splendeurs de l'Arabie. L'Officiel de la mode. 748. 1989.
- 4.Adnan Akbar:Le couturier adnan akbar très applaudi à Washington. L'Officiel de la mode. 752. 1989.
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