Gwendoline Christie is in the headlines after she opened up about joining the cast of Apple TV Plus’ Severance’s second season in a recent interview. As such, interest in the Game of Thrones star’s personal life has increased as fans wish to learn who her boyfriend Giles Deacon is. So, who is Gwendoline Christie’s boyfriend and what does he do for a living?
Here are all the details.
Who is Gwendoline Christie dating?
Gwendoline Christie is dating Giles Deacon.
Although the couple have often attended public events together, Christie has been mostly private when it comes to sharing details of their relationship. However, on the few occasions she has talked about him, she has had nothing but praise for him.
What is Giles Deacon’s job?
Giles Deacon is a fashion designer.
As a fashion designer, Giles’ focus has been on celebrities, actors and models. He has designed clothing for multiple actors and personalities like his partner Christie, Fiona Shaw, Kerry Washington, Solange Knowles, and more. He also designed the wedding gown of British royal Pippa Middleton. Deacon often shares his work on his Instagram.
Christie had immense praise for Deacon’s designs, admitting it to The Telegraph, where she called him one of her “favorite designers.”
“He has two of my favourite attributes in artists: wild imagination and technical rigour,” the Wednesday star added. She also opined that wearing the clothes designed by him made her feel “celebrated as a woman.”
Gwendoline Christie and Giles Deacon’s relationship history
Gwendoline Christie and her boyfriend Giles Deacon have been in a relationship since 2013. However, the exact details of their meeting are unknown.
Nevertheless, the couple reportedly first met through mutual friends, according to Deacon in an interview with Grazia UK. Here, he claimed that he was “instantly smitten” by her and thought she was “extraordinary.” (via Yahoo! News)
In a 2016 interview with The Telegraph, Deacon called it a “pleasure” to work with Christie, whenever they collaborated on designs. “‘She’s a fantastic muse. She’s a character herself, and her trail of various characters is brilliant,” he added. “She’s pretty transformative, which is always an interesting thing from a designer’s point of view.’
Later in a 2019 British Vogue interview, Deacon praised Christie’s knowledge of fashion intricacies. “She understands clothes, she enjoys the whole process of it, and she understands the complexities of the movement and volume.”
