Donny Galella is a fashion stylist and makeover expert, who appears weekly on Channel 7's The Morning Show, writes a weekly fashion column and is the leading Stylist at Westfield. His vast portfolio includes: styling photo shoots, dressing celebrities, designing for his own fashion label and hosting style & makeover stage shows. But his number one passion is making fashion and 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 400 makeovers in the last five years. Donny is on a serious crusade to make the Australian population feel more confident and positive about their self-image.
Donny makes up one half of The Morning Show's 'Style Squad', alongside Fashion Commentator Melissa Hoyer. Together they discuss all things fashion, style and celebrity. Over the years he has also appeared on Sunrise, Today Tonight, Mornings with Kerri-Anne, Today, Weekend Today, A Current Affair and chats regularly on 2UE radio. Donny is currently the Online Fashion & Makeover Expert for LifeStyle (Foxtel).
Donny's role as a Westfield Stylist see's him hosting makeover and style stage-shows, fashion workshops, personal shopping and personal styling at various Westfield locations. Donny has had the honour of sharing the stage with fellow Makeover experts Carson Kressley and Trinny & Sussanah.
Donny has styled and created designs for Sir Richard Branson, Sophia Loren, Carson Kressley, Kelly Rowland, Peaches Geldof, Patrizio Buanne, Jennifer Hawkins, Kate Ritchie, Alex Perry, Melissa Doyle, Ada Nicademu and Kylie Gillies.
Over the past couple of years Donny has been bestowed with several honours including 'Australia Day Ambassador' for Australia Day for three years. Donny was once named an 'Ambassador for the Golden Slipper' festival, alongside TV Kate Ritchie.
Testimonials
I have engaged Donny as our MC on numerous occasions. We always enjoy working with him, we find him incredibly professional, charismatic, engaging, organised, easy to work with and he always knows how to work with our audiences, whether it’s a small intimate group of 50 or an audience of 500 or more. Working with Donny is an absolute pleasure and joy.
- Westfield Marketing Manager