John Galliano John Galliano John Charles Galliano (born November 28, 1960) is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996), Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). At present, Galliano is the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture. He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and
Andy McMillan (designer) Andy McMillan (designer) Andy McMillan (born March 20, 1987) is a Northern Irish designer and event organizer currently residing in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-founder of XOXO, an "experimental festival for independent artists who work on the internet". Previously, he organized Build, a design festival in Belfast, from 2009 until its final year in 2013. McMillan attended university at Queen's University Belfast for Music Technology, hoping to make his way into a career in radio production. While managing the university radio station, he taught himself HTML and CSS, leaving before his final year to focus on freelance web design.