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British fashion designer (born )

John Charles Galliano,^[2]CBE, RDI (born 28 November ), is a British fashion designer. He was the creative director of his eponymous label John Galliano and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior.^[3] From to , Galliano was the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela.^[4] Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times.

In a poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture.^[5][6]

Early life and education

Galliano was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father of Italian descent, Juan Galliano, and a Spanish mother, Ana Guillén, and has two sisters.^[1] His father worked as a plumber.^[7] His family moved to England when Galliano was six, settling in Streatham and later Dulwich and Brockley, in South London.^[7][8][9] He was raised in a strict Catholic f