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John Galliano CBE (born January 28 1960, in Gibraltar) is a British - Gibraltarian fashion designer.
John Galliano moved to London as a child and attended Wilson's School in Wallington. In 1984, he graduated in design from the St. Martin's School of Arts, with a collection inspired by the French Revolution called Les Incroyables, that received great reviews. Following that, he started his own label under his own name and began his career as a fashion designer. He would win the award of British Designer of the Year in 1987. He would also win the award again in both 1994 and 1995.
In the 1990s, Galliano moved to Paris. In 1995, he was appointed the designer of Givenchy by LVMH. His first collection for the traditional fashion label was marked by an irreverent style that shocked the fashion world. Two years later, LVMH moved Galliano to Christian Dior and placed Alexander McQueen at Givenchy.
Galliano is known for his mind-blowing fashion shows that are far from boring. He has used Asia, Egypt, The Matrix, and prehistoric times as inspiration for entire haute couture collections. Models have been done up with geisha-type makeup and walked in possibly very wide and long voluminous ensembles.
Galliano has had critics constantly questioning what was wearable from his collections, and for some haute couture collections left people wondering why a person would choose to pay tens of thousands of dollars for some of the looks shown. He created more wearable collections starting Spring 2005 as, many were mentioning, his contract with LVMH was coming up for renewal.
Galliano has had Charlize Theron as his muse and has been creating haute couture dresses for her to wear to red carpet events such as the 2006 Oscars/the Academy Awards and the 2005 Golden Globes. She is also part of the ad campaign for Dior's j'adore perfume. Cate Blanchett also wore a dress created by him to the Oscars in the past.
Galliano came up with the idea for Gwen Stefani to have part of her wedding dress pink, and she gladly accepted his proposal.
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British Design Museum //www.designmuseum.org/designinbritain/index.php?id=7
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