Peter Speliopoulos 1961
Peter Speliopoulos (1961), American fashion designer
Peter Speliopoulos was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, into a family of Greek immigrants. He studied at Parsons School of Design in New York. The first important assignment dates back to 1982, when he becomes Laura Biagiotti’s assistant stylist and then works for Christian Dior, Gloria Sacks, Carolyne Roehm, Joseph Aboud. From 1993 to 1997 he became creative director at Donna Karan, from 1997 to 2002 he moved to Cerruti. He has created costumes for numerous theater productions in Greece, Great Britain and the United States. In 2002 he returned to Donna Karan as Creative Director, holding this role until the brand’s closure in 2015.
In addition to his fashion work Peter Spelopoulos has created costumes for opera and ballet, a collection of homeware and is a committed philanthropist and rights activist for the LGBT community.
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