John Galliano Found Guilty Of Plagiarism

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British fashion designer John Galliano was found guilty by a French court of copying the work of American photographer William Klein and used it in ad campaigns.
 
The 79-year-old Klein, who is based in Paris, sued Galliano after seeing his trademark technique of painting over photographs used in advertisements in a number of fashion magazines. A friend alerted him to this, and left him feeling “insulted and furious”.

As such, Galliano, who admitted being “inspired” by Klein’s work but denied plagiarizing it, was ordered by the court to pay Klein a total of 200,000 euros in damages.

Galliano is considered one of the most influential designers today. His appointment as the chief designer of Givenchy in 1995 made him the first British designer to head a French haute couture house. At present, he is working as the chief designer for Christian Dior, as well as the owner of a label that bears his name.

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