'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. In 1989, he launched a collection of pret a porter which was well received in the United States. References External links 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