Donny Galella is one of Australia’s most celebrated Fashion Stylists with over 17 years experience in the industry. Over the past 15 years alone, he has appeared regularly on The Morning Show, Sunrise, Today Extra, Beauty and the Geek and many other shows, podcasts and social media channels.
Donny has over 150,000 followers across his social media platforms – Instagram, Tik Tok, X and Facebook and loves to share his styling tips and tricks with his audience.
He has styled every red carpet including the Cannes Film Festival, Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmy Awards, Logies, AACTA Awards, Aria Awards, Brownlow and the Dally M Awards. Styling stars including Drew Barrymore, Leann Rimes, Sophia Loren, Richard Branson, Jane Krkowski, Randy Jackson, Deborah Mailman, Celeste Barber, Dannii Minogue, Samantha Jade, Ada Nicademou, Julia Morris, Dr Chris Brown, Jessica Mauboy Samantha Armytage and many more.
Donny proudly calls himself ‘The Confidence Creator’. As his number one passion is making everyday Aussies feel more confident and making style accessible for all Australians. Donny’s extremely down to earth nature combined with his innate understanding of the real Australian consumer, gives him the extraordinary ability to speak to this wide audience. His mantra is “Everyone deserves to look good and feel fabulous, no matter their age, shape, size or shopping budget”. Having performed over 2000 makeovers in the last 17 years. Donny is on a serious crusade to make the Australian population feel more confident and positive about their self-image.
Styling for Westfield since 2009, he appeared in a national marketing and TV campaign alongside his UK stylist counterpart Gok Wan. His role as a Westfield Stylist see’s him hosting makeover and style stage-shows, fashion workshops, personal shopping, personal styling at various Westfield locations and being a media spokesperson. Donny has also shared the stage with fellow Makeover experts Carson Kressley, Trinny & Sussanah.
When styling his clients, Donny was frustrated at seeing gaps in the fashion market. So he established his own, self titled label ‘GALELLA’ in 2004, with a range of women’s headwear accessories. By 2008 the label expanded to address the growing demand of fashionable yet affordable menswear in Australia. The self taught designer’s first three headwear collections quickly earned him the title of ‘Milliner to the stars’, and was stocked at leading retailers around Australia including Myer.
Over the past couple of years Donny has been bestowed with several honours including ‘Australia Day Ambassador’ for Australia Day (2010-2021). In March 2009, Donny was named as an ‘Ambassador for the 2009 Golden Slipper’ festival, alongside TV Kate Ritchie. In 2013 Mens Style Magazine named Donny in their annual “Men of Style” list, alongside Ryan Gosling and Daniel Craig. Donny is an official partner of the Dress for Success organisation, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes the economic independence of women.
Donny has represented and created content for brands including Etihad Airways, Huawei, Westfield, Penfolds, Audi, Park Hyatt Sydney, Politix, Next.com, F45, Disaronno, Myer, The Australian Turf Club.
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