One of CMAT’s Favorite Fashion Designers Still Lives in Family’s Home in Dublin – WWD

The Irish designer Oran Aurelio is far from famous, even though his designs have been seen by millions. The self-taught talent has been creating custom pieces for global performers like CMAT and Chappell Roan without much fanfare. With a ready-to-wear collection in the works and a just-opened studio in Dublin, his profile may be on the rise. While studying at IADT five years ago, Aurelio set out to study stage and production design, but then shifted his focus to costume design. Inspired by tastemakers like Gloria Guinness and Babe Paley whose elan “lingers like ghosts,” Aurelio has been steadily gaining commissions to do custom designs for CMAT, whose given name is Ciara Mary Alice Thompson, Roan and other leading performers. Being based away from the fashion hubs of Paris, New York, London and Milan, Aurelio finds inspiration in everything including trips, classic films and Instagram. During an interview Friday, Aurelio said he first started out working with drag performers and other performers, and connected with CMAT through Instagram, as he has with many clients. Before the Irish-born singer released her third album “Euro-Country,” she approached Aurelio about establishing the aesthetic that she had in mind. Toulouse-Lautrec, the 1960 space race, Marie Antoinette
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