FROM wikipedia
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.