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  John Galliano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Galliano (born January 28, 1960, in Gibraltar) is a British fashion designer.
John Galliano moved to London as a child and attended Wilson's School in Wallington.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Galliano   (350 words)

  
 Fashion File - John Galliano
Galliano took them both to the extreme with this controversial, carnival-esque presentation that had the audience cheering his fresh perspective and squirming in their seats.
John Galliano is as much an illusionist as he is a fashion designer and watching his collections unfold is like watching hallucinogenic dreams come to life.
Galliano enhanced the theatrical spectacle with a technicolor simulation of the Hindu holi festival where colored dyes are thrown through the air in a riotous celebration of life.
www.fashionfile.com /designers/JohnGalliano.html   (620 words)

  
 Designer - John Galliano . SEEKOVER . find it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
John Galliano was born in Juan Carlos, Gibraltar, in 1960.
The show was a monumental success – John Galliano had sealed his reputation as one of the great designers of his time.
In 1995 John Galliano was appointed chief designer of Givenchy, one of the fashion houses controlled by the LVMH luxury goods group.
www.seekover.com /fashion/fashion_icons/john_galliano.htm   (462 words)

  
 Indelibles.com - Fashion designer John Galliano
Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano was born in 1961 in Gibraltar of Spanish parents Anita and Juan Carlos Galliano.
John Galliano was offered a job in New York, but just as he was leaving, Joan Burstein called him for a repeat order.
John Galliano is also known to have once dressed Diana, Princess of Wales in a now famous dark blue lace-edged evening gown.
www.indelibles.com /galliano.htm   (705 words)

  
 John Galliano / : - Design/Designer Info
By the mid-1990s, Galliano had reinvented the 1930s-line bias-cut dress and made it modern, as well as creating narrow, very feminine tailoring which was the envy of those less gifted.
Behind his gentle aesthetic, John Galliano is a powerhouse, a man whose ambition to go down in history as one of fashion’s great is awesome, even intimidating.
Galliano unveils the Princess Lucretia collection, inspired by the Russian princess, in the Schlumberger mansion with rose petals strewn on the floors and chandeliers.
www.designmuseum.org /designerex/john-galliano.htm   (1454 words)

  
 John Galliano
Galliano's first catwalk show for his own label the following year, entitled "Afghanistan repudiates Western ideals", confirmed that he was an eccentric talent on the rise.
Galliano became the most sought-after designer in Paris, and in 1995, was hired to design for Givenchy.
Industry-watchers wondered whether Galliano's wild nightlife and artistic temperament would interfere with his ability to turn out six catwalk collections per year, for Arnault was footing the bill for Galliano's own line.
members.tripod.com /~sianz2/galliano-index.html   (711 words)

  
 John Galliano Biog
Galliano officially launched his own label in 1984, producing historically influenced designs laced with a contemporary edge.
Part romantic, part maverick, Galliano was always a couturier at heart and delicate bias-cut gowns and superbly tailored suits fast became his trademark.
These days, between his label and Dior, Galliano is responsible for producing six couture and ready-to-wear collections a year and a new mid-season range under his own name.
www.vogue.co.uk /whos_who/john_galliano   (480 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - John Galliano Biography
John Galliano was born in 1960 in Gibraltar, to a Spanish mother and Gibraltarian father, and Spanish heritage remains an integral part of Galliano’s life and work.
Galliano left Central Saint Martins in 1983 with a first class degree and a healthy stockpile of critical acclaim.
In 1995 Galliano finally got the break he so richly deserved: he became the first English man to head a French couture house, when he was put in charge of Givenchy.
www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/937:0/John_Galliano.htm   (567 words)

  
 Blood stains, skeletons at dramatic Dior collection - Boston.com
John Galliano sent out his models in skirts splashed with fake blood and painted skeletons, with crosses round their necks, to the sound of whips and clanking chains in a dramatic opening to Paris fashion week on Monday.
PARIS (Reuters) - John Galliano sent out his models in skirts splashed with fake blood and painted skeletons, with crosses round their necks, to the sound of whips and clanking chains in a dramatic opening to Paris fashion week on Monday.
While Galliano's dramatic haute couture creations may be worn less by red-carpet clients than those of some other designers, his ideas are seen as trend-setters and are at the cutting edge of fashion.
www.boston.com /yourlife/fashion/articles/2006/01/23/blood_stains_skeletons_at_dramatic_dior_collection   (585 words)

  
 John Galliano - Paris Fashion Designer - John Galliano, Christian Dior
In 1995, LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault tapped Galliano as chief designer of Givenchy—controversial, as he was the first Brit to hold the post—then deposited him two years later as head of design at Christian Dior.
Galliano now creates some dozen collections a year, including couture, ready-to-wear, accessories and eyewear for Dior, as well as directing his own eponymous label.
The eclectic Galliano has dressed everyone from Diana, Princess of Wales (in a dark blue lace-edged evening gown) and Cate Blanchett (her 1999 Academy Awards dress featured embroidered flowers and a tattoo-like hummingbird) to burlesque diva Dita Von Teese.
www.newyorkmetro.com /fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/johngalliano   (353 words)

  
 British Vogue Catwalk Reports
Galliano took his inspiration from Abigail Adams, Molly Pitcher and heroines that, like Scarlett O'Hara, made America great and didn't mind getting their hands dirty in the process.
These were clothes you could wear, that the Galliano girl had fought for and could go to her land of the free in.
Galliano girls to the new frontier in a vintage collection of shapes that will last through any revolution, and indeed through the traffic home.
www.vogue.co.uk /Shows/Reports/Default.aspx?stID=33481   (442 words)

  
 John Galliano: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
John Galliano (born 1960, EHandler: no quick summary.
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_galliano.htm   (666 words)

  
 HELLO! Profiles
But when John Galliano was appointed by the Givenchy label in 1995, it caused a major stir.
Born in Gibraltar in 1960, John moved to South London with his family when he was six years old.
Galliano soon had those ladies choking on their carpaccio as he began to inject a new vigour into couture.
www.hellomagazine.com /profiles/johngalliano   (464 words)

  
 John Galliano
John was offered a job in New York, but just as he was leaving, Joan Burstein called him for a repeat order.
John Galliano presented his own label Fall collection in Paris during Fashion Week in March 2004.
But Galliano believes in fun and spectacle, and this collection was certainly that, he didnt leave out anything seen in the world today.
www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/galliano.html   (1828 words)

  
 TRIO: World Fashion Tour
John Galliano is part of the new-breed of avant-garde British designers.
Known for his innovativeness and being experimental, John Galliano is an exciting designer.
John Galliano has eyes for details, his collection always completely accessorized.
www.triotv.com /fashion_test/bio_galliano.html   (176 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Ancient Egypt brought back for Dior Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
PARIS (AP) — John Galliano brought ancient Egypt back from the tombs for his spring haute couture show Monday for Dior — and the result never looked so glitzy or modern.
Galliano's presentations are more about spectacle than clothes, and they aim for dramatic moments.
Galliano took his bow looking sleek in a fitted pinstripe suit; he was clean-shaven and wore a hoop earring.
www.usatoday.com /life/lifestyle/2004-01-19-galliano-egypt_x.htm   (670 words)

  
 John Galliano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum was opened in 1995 john galliano at the second floor of.
john galliano He also led the ferragamo on 5th avenue condoleeza rice Huskers to a.
He was signed to a large contract by NFL john galliano and CFL standards.
ferragamo.dicetao.be /john-galliano.html   (1305 words)

  
 John Galliano Handbags
John Galliano was born in 1960 in Gibraltar.
In January 1997, John Galliano became the new designer for Christian Dior, bringing his modern and glamorous perception of woman to the famous Christian Dior Institution.
The new John Galliano collection A/W 2001 is a “High-Tech Romance” – a combination of romance (a vision John Galliano has always believed in) and high-tech modernity.
www.bagsforme.com /john-galliano.php   (338 words)

  
 John Galliano Spring 2006 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
If there's one thing you can rely on John Galliano to provide, it's entertainment—though not necessarily the kind where the audience is meant to be scribbling down style numbers or sketching dresses.
And Galliano's alternative cast, coiffed and made up in a style that suggested cabaret performers and their patrons, played their parts with a celebratory sense of enjoyment.
Those who were also scrutinizing the presentation for a Galliano fashion update among the costumes came away with slim pickings, however.
www.style.com /fashionshows/collections/S2006RTW/review/JNGALLNO   (355 words)

  
 Citizen Models
Galliano's models evoked a carnival sideshow, but those who looked beyond the unorthodox choices saw the foundation of a fine spring collection.
John Galliano puts on a provocative show, Elbaz for Lanvin steps up his collection and Valentino shows his winning ways with color.
Galliano's array of characters were dressed in clothes that merely hint at his spring collection, a sort of come-on ploy the designer has used before: the denim, the jackets with their sheer scrims of fl, and the bias-cut gowns that hugged the derriere and then splashed to the floor in a curtain of chiffon.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/10/AR2005101001633.html   (702 words)

  
 John Galliano handbags
John Galliano "40" women's handbag from the latest collection Fall/Winter 2003-2004.
John Galliano launched his first collection in 1984 having graduated with an honours degree from St Martins College of Art and Design.
Throughout his career Galliano has looked to the work of great couturiers to resurrect long forgotten manufacturing techniques.
www.styledrops.com /handbags-1182.html   (92 words)

  
 BharatTextile.com Fashion - John Galliano - Fall Winter Collection 2003-04
John Galliano put on the liveliest, most upbeat show of the season tonight at the Theatre de l'Empire on avenue Wagram.
It was a collection that could only have come from the imagination of Galliano, a man who's channeled everything from Bollywood to kabuki and made all of it completely his own.
For day, Galliano showed pom-pom-trimmed powder-pink sweaters that fell almost to the knee and printed silk dresses accessorized with giant rhinestone pins—one, in an overblown poppy print, looked particularly fresh.
www.bharattextile.com /features/fall-winter04/collections/john_galliano.html   (371 words)

  
 Galliano John Charles - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Galliano John Charles - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Born in Gibraltar, Galliano studied design at St Martin’s College of Art and Design in...
Charles, John (1931-2004), outstanding Welsh international footballer, the youngest to play for Wales before Ryan Giggs beat his record in 1991....
uk.encarta.msn.com /Galliano_John_Charles.html   (103 words)

  
 Memorandum on Franchise Online Information
Within the next year John Galliano is planning to expand, and open his first ever freestanding boutique.
Galliano has already accomplished so much, with the opening for the boutique and the internet site, but there will be more coming from this designer.
Galliano is going global in almost every way possible with the development of the internet site and the opening of his boutique in Paris.
oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~bb178000/esp/memo2.htm   (443 words)

  
 John Galliano Homme Fall 2006 Mens: Menswear Fashion Collections on men.style.com
Dissecting a John Galliano show is like plunging into the tornado that scoots Dorothy off to Oz.
The heart of Galliano's latest collection had something to do with the boy tribes of London.
Galliano's signature self-aggrandizement featured in a leather jacket printed with his crowned head and a graphic that proclaimed him "Lone Wolf." Ever the canny businessman, he inserted a healthy plug for his underwear line.
men.style.com /fashion/collections/F2006MEN/review/JGMEN   (382 words)

  
 Vogue Stories
John Galliano on his spring/summer 2005 menswear catwalk
Possibly the most expensive pair of trousers in London, the one-off fl suede creation from John Galliano is lined with duchesse satin, has fl Swarovski crystal skull designs down each side seam and is signed inside by the designer himself (on a tag that can be removed for drycleaning, obviously).
But it's only the Galliano trousers that are for sale.
www.vogue.co.uk /vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=25916   (242 words)

  
 Club UK
Galliano has been described by Vogue as 'the man who can make the world's most important couture customers swoon for a £5,000 dress'.
Part romantic, part maverick, Galliano is a couturier at heart and delicate bias-cut gowns and superbly tailored suits fast became his trademark.
In 1997 he shared the award with Alexander McQueen, his successor at Givenchy, and was later awarded a CBE from the Queen for services to UK fashion.
www.educationuk.org /clubuk/3/life_made_uk_galliano.html   (295 words)

  
 John S. Galliano - Professional Profile & Bio at Ziggs
In November 1988, Chief Galliano was re-assigned to Detachment 19, 15th Weather Squadron, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, where he served as weather forecaster, supporting the U.S. Navy's Strategic Anti-Submarine Program and Military Airlift Command's Atlantic Theater.
In October 1994, Chief Galliano was re-assigned to the 62d Operations Support Squadron, Weather Flight as Assistant Chief, Weather Station Operations in support of the 62d and 446th Air Wings and the Western Air Defense Sector.
Chief Galliano is an Operation DESERT STORM veteran and supported Operation ALLIED FORCE, the air war for Kosovo.
www.ziggs.com /reg/member/Bio.aspx?uid=488   (655 words)

  
 bookofjoe: John Galliano - 'The master is back'
Galliano, the heart and soul of Dior, unveiled his haute couture collection in Paris this past Monday, ditching his Kabuki make-up and skull-cap hair for a sort of "Napoleon in rags" look.
Galliano, in fact, said that his starting point had been the line from Bob Dylan describing Andy Warhol as "Napoleon in rags."
As I recall, that line was in "Like a Rolling Stone," which last year was named the greatest rock song of all time.
www.bookofjoe.com /2005/01/john_galliano_t.html   (291 words)

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