From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Charles Galliano, (born 28 November 1960) is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996) and Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own self titled fashion house. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Charles Galliano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.