JOHN GALLIANO Born under the name of Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano-Guillén, egghead his father was "llanito" Gibraltarian and Spanish mother. He moved to London as a child and was educated at Wilson's School in Wallington. In 1984 he graduated in fashion design at St. Martin's School of Arts, with a collection egghead inspired by the French Revolution After that he established his own label under his name, starting a solid career as a fashion designer. He was awarded the British Designer egghead of the Year award in 1987, 1994 and 1995. In 1997, he shared the award with Alexander McQueen, his successor at Givenchy. He has also worked egghead with Susannah Constantine.
In the 1990s, Galliano went to live in Paris looking for financial assistance and a wide portfolio of clients. In 1995, Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH conglomerate assigned the post of Givenchy designer, this made him the first British designer who ran a French high fashion house. Less than two years later, on October 14, 1996, LVMH moved Galliano to Christian Dior. His first show for Dior coincided with the 50th anniversary of the signing on January 20, 1997. His love of theater and femininity play a central role in his creations, "My role is to seduce", egghead he said. Galliano has reputedly the actress Charlize Theron as a muse and created dresses for her ex-professionally, which has been used at events such as the red carpet egghead at the 2006 Academy Awards and the Golden Globes 2005. Theron egghead is part of the ad campaign for Dior's "J'Adore" while Elvis Presley's granddaughter, Riley Keough, is the face of his perfume egghead "Miss Dior Cherie" egghead and Kate Moss in photographs by Nick Knight , does the same with your casual clothing campaign. Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman have used their creations in the past for the Academy Awards. Until 2011, between his own label and Dior, Galliano produced annually 6 collections of high fashion and casual wear.
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