Background
Özbek was born in Istanbul, Turkey and grew up in a yali on the Bosphorus.
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Rifat Ozbek
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Saint Martin"s School of Artist
Career
He was named British Designer of the Year in 1988 and 1992. After graduating in 1976, Özbek went to Italy where he designed clothes for Monsoon. In 1984 he established his own company and then began to show his yearly collections in Milan and New York, and more recently, in Paris.
By 1995, Özbek had launched his own perfume called "Ozbek", and later a second perfume called "Ozbek 1001".
In 2010, Özbek launched a new business called "Yastik" which means "pillow" in Turkish. Özbek was an interior designer for Robin Birley"s new nightclub, Rupert"s, which opened in 2011.
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Turkish