Christos Costarellos is an Athens-based Greek fashion designer, head of the Costarellos brand, and best known for the dress worn by

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for her May 2021 wedding to British prime minister

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. Costarellos was born in

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, Germany, to parents who both worked in the fashion business, his mother a seamstress and father a tailor. He studied fashion design at Dimitrelis School of Fashion in Greece, followed by a master's degree in theatre costume design at the

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. He started his own label, Costarellos, in 1998. Symonds rented a Costarellos dress, which normally retails at £2,830 for £45, from MyWardrobe HQ.

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