William Baker (fashion designer)
- William Baker (fashion designer)
William Baker (born 1973 in Manchester, England) is a fashion designer, stylist and author and theatre director, best known for his work with musician Kylie Minogue.
Baker attended the Manchester Grammar School, where he was taught by the current head of Religious Studies Dennis Brown, and was the inspiration for Manchester indie band The Man From Delmonte's song "Pink".
Baker was studying Theology at King's College London and working as a sales assistant for Vivienne Westwood in London when he met the singer Kylie Minogue and her photographer Katerina Jebb.
Work with Minogue
Soon after meeting Minogue he became her stylist and creative director. He held this position for 11 years, until he stepped down in April 2005.
He worked with the designer Alan MacDonald on Minogue's 2001 "Fever" tour, and in 2003 launched the "Love Kylie" lingerie range with Minogue. He also co-authored the book "La La La" with her.
Baker is currently working as the producer and director of Minogue's latest documentary "White Diamond".
He is often known as Kylie's 'gay husband'.Fact|date=February 2008
Other work
In 2007 he made his debut as a theatre director with a West End revival of "Rent" dubbed "Rent Remixed" which received lukewarm reviews.
He has also worked with the musical acts Garbage, Tricky, Björk, Tori Amos, Reef and Jamiroquai on album and single covers, and music videos.
He collaborated with Jay Kay of Jamiroquai on the costume and set design for both the "A Funk Odyssey" album cover and tour.
References
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/communicate/william_baker.shtml BBC London article "Kylie's stylist, William Baker]
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