Added: Feb 1, 2012
From: fashionone
Duration: 1:59
JOHN GALLIANO (1960-) is one of the most influential fashion designers of our time. Born in Gibraltar, he grew up in London and launched his own label before becoming chief designer of France's haute couture flagship, Christian Dior, in Paris. John Galliano has created the most spectacular fashion shows of our time. Since his 1984 degree collection, Les Incroyables, which metamorphosed his London art school into a French Revolutionary street scene, he has transported his privileged audiences to more exotic and sartorially blessed places than they could possibly have imagined or experienced. 1988 Steven Robinson comes to work for Galliano on a student placement. Galliano wins Designer of the Year for his Blanche Dubois collection. 1989 Peder Bertelsen withdraws his financial support. Galliano shows in Paris for the first time. 1991 Drained by the difficulty of funding and running a fashion business in London, Galliano moves to Paris. Still penniless, he sleeps on friends' floors. 1995 John Galliano is appointed chief designer of Givenchy, one of the fashion houses controlled by the LVMH luxury goods group. 1996 Unveils his first Givenchy couture collection at the Stade Français. After months of speculation, Galliano is named chief women's wear designer of Christian Dior and is replaced by Alexander McQueen at Givenchy. 1997 Presents first haute couture collection for Dior at the Grand Hotel in Paris. The ground floor is a replica of Christian Dior's late 1940s showroom on Avenue Montaigne with 791 gold chairs and 4,000 roses. "Among Couture Debuts, Galliano's is the Stand Out" ran the headline in the New York Times. 1999 Coordinates Dior's ready-to-wear advertising working with long-time collaborator, British photographer Nick Knight. The high profile ad campaigns, coupled with Dior's new saddle bag, catalyses a sharp increase in sales. 2001 Awarded a CBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list. Go beneath the seams with Fashion One. See the cutting-edge creations and hear the stories behind them, with in-depth interviews of fashion's most wanted designers. Subscribe at http://www.fashionone.com/subscribe to Fashion One's latest videos. Get the latest fashion news at http://www.fashionone.com Join our Facebook fan page: http://www.fashionone.com/facebook Follow us on twitter: http://www.fashionone.com/twitter Catch our fashion updates on http://www.fashionone.com/googleplus
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