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

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.

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