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
Ashley Williams (designer) Ashley Williams (designer) Ashley Williams (born 28 July 1988) is a British fashion designer. Williams earned a bachelor's degree in fashion design from the University of Westminster in 2012. Williams showed her first collection as part of Fashion East in February 2013, who she showed for three seasons before making her first solo runway show at London Fashion Week in September 2014 with her S/S 2015 collection. She was a recipient of the British Fashion Council's Newgen award in 2014, and continued to receive this for a number of seasons. Williams won Emerging Designer of The Year at the ELLE