William Baker (fashion designer)

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William Baker (born 1973 in Manchester, England) is a fashion designer, stylist and author.

Baker was working as a sales assistant for Vivienne Westwood in London when he met the singer Kylie Minogue and her photographer Katerina Jebb, and soon began working as Minogue's stylist and creative director. He held this position for 11 years, until he stepped down in April 2005.

In addition to working with Minogue, he has worked with 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 Funk Odyssey album cover and tour.

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.

William attended the Manchester Grammar School.