William Baker (fashion designer)
{{Short description|Fashion designer, stylist, author and theatre director}}
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| education = King's College London
| occupation = Fashion designer, fashion journalist, stylist
| known_for = Styling Kylie Minogue
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William Baker (born 1973) is a fashion designer, fashion journalist, stylist,{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1341366.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208235016/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1341366.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2007|title=Kylie at V&A|last=Teeman|first=Tim|date=7 February 2007|work=The Times|access-date=9 June 2011}} author and theatre director, best known for his past work with musician Kylie Minogue.
Baker attended the Manchester Grammar School, from where he went on to study theology at King's College London. He was the inspiration for Manchester indie band The Man From Delmonte's song "Pink". While studying he worked as a sales assistant for Vivienne Westwood where he met the singer Kylie Minogue and her photographer Katerina Jebb.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
Other work
In 2007, he made his debut as a theatre director with a West End revival of Rent dubbed Rent Remixed which received poor reviews. When asked beforehand how he was going to handle the change in direction, he claimed he said; "I'm approaching it in the same way I would approach a Kylie show or tour".{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23406840-kylies-stylist-raises-rent.do |title=Kylie's stylist raises Rent|work=Evening Standard|location=London |date=3 August 2007 |access-date=2011-11-02}}
He has also worked with the musical acts Garbage, Tricky, Björk, Tori Amos, Reef and Jamiroquai on album and single covers, and music videos.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
He collaborated with Jay Kay of Jamiroquai on the costume and set design for both the A Funk Odyssey album cover and tour.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
Baker worked as stylist for Britney Spears on her 2009 The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
He has also been credited as director of British pop singer Leona Lewis' critically acclaimed debut tour The Labyrinth, which was filmed in the London O2 Arena for a DVD/CD release.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
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Category:People educated at Manchester Grammar School
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Category:English fashion designers
Category:English theatre directors
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