Christian Dior designer John Galliano was born in 1960 in Gibraltar. His mother is Spanish. In 1966, the Galliano family moved to London.

A student at the London Saint Martin's School of Art, in 1982 John Galliano graduated first in his class in the fashion section. The mature talent that he expressed in that end-of-school collection, inspired by the French Revolution, attracted the attention of fashion professionals, including the international press as well as buyers. The styles created by the student John Galliano Christian Dior were sold in Brown's, London's leading fashion store. His career had well and truly taken off for Christian Dior.