Carlo Brandelli (born December 1965) is a British

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and creative director and also the co-founder of Squire. He received the Menswear Designer of the Year award from the

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in 2005.

Menswear career

Brandelli founded Squire in 1991, combining elements of

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, and fashion design. This project established one of the first "creative director" roles in British menswear. He also worked as a freelance designer for

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and

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in Japan. In 2003, Brandelli joined Kilgour, a Savile Row tailoring house, as creative director. He aimed to modernize Kilgour’s image by blending traditional tailoring with minimalist design. He oversaw the collections, store designs, and advertising campaigns. He has received recognition within the fashion industry, including being named GQ's Most Stylish Man in 2005. In 2008, Kilgour changed ownership shortly before Brandelli’s Paris runway show. He resigned the following year. He returned to Kilgour as a freelance creative director in 2013.

Artist career

In 2009, Brandelli founded his own studio focusing on design consultancy and sculpture. His first solo sculpture exhibition, "Permanence", opened in June 2010 at RCM Galerie in

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. Some works were later shown at the Art Élysées Contemporary Art Fair the same year. He created glass works in Murano in 2013 and exhibited a series titled 'Left Glass' in 2016. In 2015, he was invited as a guest designer at Pitti Uomo, where he presented an installation of colored glass at the Medici Palazzo in Florence. In 2017, Brandelli’s work was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition 'Is Fashion Modern?'. He continues to lecture on design and participate in international design discussions.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20150622204000/http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/carlo-brandelli-illuminates-the-internal-courtyard-of-florences-medici-palace-for-pitti/9069
The Daily Telegraph
* http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/carlo-brandelli-constructs-a-new-flagship-and-vision-for-kilgour-on-savile-row/7531 * http://showstudio.com/contributor/carlo_brandelli * http://www.wallpaper.com//gallery/art/permanence-exhibition-by-carlo-brandelli-paris/17051944 * http://032c.com/2011/carlo-brandelli’s-objects-of-devotion/ * http://howtospendit.ft.com/style/6080-carlo-brandelli-talks-personal-style

* http://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/the-culture-edit/2011/11/24/carlo-brandelli---new-york-exhibition * https://www.standard.co.uk/news/standard-pictures/gq-awards-2005-7334658.html?action=gallery&ino=10 * http://www.heart.co.uk/photos/gq-men-style/gq-men-style-1/ * http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2005/11/11/the-british-fashion-awards-2005 * http://www.style.com/slideshows/slideshows/trends/mens/2015/1-january/influential-people-mens-fashion/slides/20 * https://web.archive.org/web/20150703003350/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-06/19/carlo-brandelli-kilgour-installation-pitti-uomo-medici-palazzo * http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2010/06/25/carlo-brandelli-opens-sculpture-exhibition * http://www.style.com/fashion-shows/fall-2015-menswear/kilgour * *

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