Carlo Brandelli

Carlo Brandelli is an English-born designer, he is primarily known for fashion but is also working as an artist. He was voted Menswear Designer of the Year in 2005 by the British Fashion Council.^[1] Carlo Brandelli is currently freelance creative director for menswear brand and bespoke tailor Kilgour, Savile Row London.

His first work was Squire, launched in 1992, where Carlo fused the ideas of art, architecture and design into his work, it was the first project of its type to draw and encompass many different types of design aesthetics into a concept space in Mayfair which epitomised the beginnings of cool Britannia. The gallery displayed design collections within the same space as classic ‘pop art’ pieces from artists such as Allen Jones and Bridget Riley. Early collaborators, clients and admirers of Squire were Alexander Mcqueen (who wore Squire designs to his first historic Givenchy interview), Massive Attack, Kate Moss, Helmut Lang and most of the iconoclasts of design, music and style scenes. Nick Knight and Peter Saville (Photographer and Art Director respectively) were initial collaborators.

Squire questioned the boundaries between design, fashion and art, pioneering a more open and broad spectrum of how designers were perceived to be able to work within other creative disciplines and mediums. Initially specialising in tailoring, Carlo used traditional Savile Row craft together with relevant modern design principles.

After 5 years of the concept work at Squire and having achieved all that he had set out to for this project, unexpectedly in 2003 Kilgour approached Carlo to become Creative & Design Director. This project offered an opportunity to define and work on creating and building every element of a new Kilgour, a different ‘type’ of creative and artistic work. Carlo set the brief to create a modern hybrid menswear brand combining the craft and heritage of Savile Row with all aspects of modern current design. Carlo conceived the concept of the brand, controlled all design, designed the flagship spaces and the campaigns. The project was critically and commercially very successful with Carlo receiving many diverse plaudits and awards including British GQ’s most Stylish man and being voted Menswear designer of the year in 2005 by the British Fashion Council, the highest award achievable in this field. In 2008 Kilgour changed ownership, Carlo promptly resigned, leaving the brand he founded as Kilgour. In 2013 Kilgour changed hands again and the new owners approached Carlo to reprise his role as Freelance Creative Director, the remit is to re position Kilgour as an International Contemporary Bespoke Brand and Tailor.

In 2009 Carlo established his own studio working with clients privately. The studio is also focusing on artistic work, his first sculpture solo show ‘Permanence 2010 - Travertine marble stone & gold’ opened on June 25, 2010 at RCM Galerie in Paris. In October 2010, some Permanence pieces were also shown at the ART ELYSEES Contemporary Art Fair in Paris together with the art/design specialist crossover gallery RCM .

In October 2011 several works were made in collaboration with the American contemporary artist Matthew Brannon with Casey Kaplan Gallery New York and shown at London’s Frieze Art Fair. Carlo produced a series of abstract coat sculptures made from rubber coated cotton as part of Matthew’s work with Casey Kaplan. Matthew Brannon’s solo show then opened in New York at Casey Kaplan in October 2011 and Carlo worked on several collaborative pieces which have been acquired by the acclaimed Contemporary Rennie Collection at Wing Sang gallery in Vancouver.

For 2013 several glass works were made in Murano as part of a ‘floating series’, all pieces were acquired by a private collection, a second series entitled ‘Glass forms’ is being produced for 2015.

Carlo is a regular contributor and commentator to the International Design scene.

References

↑ "The Fashion Awards - Archive".

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External links

Official website: http://www.carlobrandelli.com
Official instagram http://www.instagram.com/carlobrandelli

↑ "Carlo Brandelli, Menswear's High Priest, Lifts The Curtain On His New Venture". Style File blog. Style.com Magazine. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16.
↑ Ella Alexander (25 June 2010). "Brandelli's Sculptures". Vogue.

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