John Galliano I get from having fewer toxins in my body is extraordinary." 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
John Flett (fashion designer) unable to sustain his business venture. His business affairs were described as a "rocky road" and he parted company with his backers in 1988/9. He moved on to Paris to work for Claude Montana on the designer's debut collection for Lanvin. Flett relocated to Florence in 1990, where he worked for Italian designer Enrico Coveri on a menswear range (Coveri died in 1990). Flett's obituaries in both "The Times" and "The Guardian" noted that at the time of his death, aged 27, he was on the point of signing a contract with the Milan fashion house Zuccoli to create a