'Adnan Akbar, born in

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is a Saudi fashion designer described as the "Saint Laurent of the

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". He studied

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and in

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. In 1989, he entered a licensing agreement for embroidered luxury fabrics with the French textile company Bianchini Férier. In 1989, he launched a collection of pret a porter which was well received in the United States.

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Piney Kesting, ''Fashioned with Tradition'', 1990, Saudi Aramco World
Saudi Arabian fashion designers People from Mecca Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Embroiderers 20th-century Saudi Arabian people 21st-century Saudi Arabian people {{SaudiArabia-bio-stub