Carlo Brandelli is an English-born designer, he is primarily known as a menswear designer, but is also working as an artist. He was voted Menswear Designer of the Year in 2005 by the British Fashion Council.
His first work was Squire, launched in 1992, where Carlo fused the ideas of art, architecture and design by pioneering one of the first 'creative director roles' in fashion, 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.