John Galliano

Some people are tall, other people are larger than life: John Galliano falls in the latter category. Mister Galliano's designs match his personality in their boldness, but who would expect different from the man who was Alexander McQueen's predecessor at Givenchy and went on to become the genius behind a decade of Dior's greatness?

The mix of hot blooded flamenco and edgy London punk gave Galliano his aesthetic base – the elegance of Paris streamlined him into greatness

Galliano's roots lie in the Iberian Peninsula where his mother was a flamenco dancer, but the designer grew up in England. One might suppose that the mix of hot blooded flamenco and edgy London punk gave Galliano his aesthetic base and that the elegance of Paris streamlined him into greatness.