John Galliano
John Galliano CBE ( born November 28, 1960 in Gibraltar; actually Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano Guillén ) is a British fashion designer.
Galliano is one of the UK's most successful fashion designers, he is regarded as the costume under the Modedemachern. Pompous and extravagant are particularly its valance robes, with whom he also managed the breakthrough in the international fashion world. The in London in 1984 established fashion brand John Galliano John Galliano SA exists with the newly founded in 1994 in Paris until today, heard since 1996 the majority of Christian Dior and is headed since 2011 without Galliano. Galliano was the head designer during his career, both in his own fashion brand as well as in the Parisian tradition corporate Givenchy and Dior.
Career and business history
Galliano's father, a plumber, came from Gibraltar and his mother, a dancer, was Spanish. Galliano, who has two sisters, moved with his family age of six years after South London, where he attended school and then college. A 1981 begun studying design at St. Martin's School of Arts, the only approach led him in the final year of the Fashion Design, he graduated in 1984 with honors. As a final thesis he showed under the name " Les Incroyables " (Eng.: The Incredibles ) is a fashion collection that was influenced by the French Revolution and was acquired by the prestigious London Fashion Business Brown's. In the same year the then still young designer founded with the financial support of an investor of his own fashion company with the name of John Galliano. The former Harper's Bazaar editor Amanda Harlech Galliano stood for twelve years in an advisory capacity before joining in 1996 as a consultant to Karl Lagerfeld. His unconventional designs showed Galliano, from 1985 at London Fashion Week. In the same year he exhibited at the Schneider Bill Gaytten, who was to be a longtime companion. In 1986, the first investor withdrew and Galliano received financial support from a Danish entrepreneur who co- though 1991 ended. Galliano himself was a prominent member of the London party scene at this time.
1987 Galliano received the award " British Designer of the Year" by the British Fashion Awards. In the years 1994, 1995 and 1997 ( together with Alexander McQueen ) him this award again. His career had thus get first national, then international acclaim. After financially difficult years in the 1980s, which led him repeatedly to the insolvency, Galliano showed his designs using a new investor for the first time in 1990 at the Paris fashion shows and moved his company in 1992 from London to Paris. This investor pulled back in 1993. The internationally renowned fashion editors Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley, who recognized Galliano's talent procured him then new money. In the Galliano show in the same year ran on Wintour's initiative, the models Kate Moss, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell without pay for Galliano, who scored with his collection by great attention in the fashion industry.
Finally, the owner of LVMH, Bernard Arnault was aware of Galliano and appointed him in 1995 to the astonishment in the fashion scene as the successor of Hubert de Givenchy to head designer at Givenchy. In 1996, LVMH a majority stake in the John Galliano SA newly founded; Galliano himself retained a minority stake in his company. 1997 Galliano was by Arnault, also ordered the owner of the brand Dior as the successor of Gianfranco Ferré for chief designer of women's fashion at Christian Dior. The first Dior model of Galliano was worn by Princess Diana at the exhibition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Dior in New York's Met Costume Institute. For Dior Galliano created in the wake bombastic, sometimes scandalous Haute Couture gowns that made it Dior regularly on the front pages of the international press, no less eccentric prêt -à -porter models and commercially expresses successful accessories such as the so-called Saddle Bag and Gaucho Bag handbags. From the early 2000s Galliano competencies of Arnault to other divisions of the company Dior, such as accessories, perfume and marketing have been expanded. Galliano himself was known that he presented himself to the applause at his fashion shows in sometimes exaggerated costumes and exalted fashion on the catwalk. 2001 Galliano was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as a Commander of the British Empire. His annual income at Dior and Galliano branded amounted at that time to over 7 million euros.
The website for the brand John Galliano went online in 2002, 2003, the first boutique opened in Paris Galliano and Galliano menswear was first introduced in the same year, which was shown in 2010 at the Milan fashion weeks. 2006, the second line by galliano John Galliano was launched in collaboration with IT Holding, 2007 came under license Galliano children's clothing on the market. 2008 was first introduced to the women's fragrance by John Galliano John Galliano Perfume by Galliano.
On February 25, 2011 Galliano was provisionally suspended from Dior because he had drunk several guests a Parisian restaurants insulted with anti-Semitic statements. On 1 March 2011 Dior announced the definitive separation. He he also lost his post as chief designer at the brand John Galliano. Galliano had to appear in court because of the incident in Paris. In the process he testified that he was under tremendous professional pressure, more and more drunk and ingested tablets. On September 8, 2011, he was sentenced by the Paris Criminal Court to a fine of 6000 euros on probation. Galliano sued the House of Dior after his release to 18.7 million euros in damages. A court trial is expected towards the end of 2013. The French president Francois Hollande withdrew couturier in 2012 by decree the title of Knight of the French Legion of Honor, which was awarded to him in 2009. His duties at the fashion brand Galliano Galliano took over after leaving his assistant Gaytten, who was also responsible for the designs of women's fashion at Christian Dior until the appointment of Raf Simons as head designer at Dior in 2012 on an interim basis.
Early 2013 Galliano worked for several weeks in the design studio of the American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. A being set for mid-2013 course at New York's Parsons The New School for Design under the direction of Galliano was deleted after a petition filed by students against Galliano.