I think what would work best for your case is making use of the WordPress template hierarchy.
You can actually just create a custom template file in your theme folder named category-{slug}.php to get a custom look for that category.
Example:
If your category was ‘Dogs’ and the slug you set for it was ‘dog’, the template file loaded for that category would be named category-dog.php, otherwise it falls back to category.php.
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