MA Fashion Curation
I EVOKE MUSES AND RESUSCITATE DIVAS. I graduated in Fashion Design at Politecnico in Milan in 2008 with a project on Chanel and menswear, a reinterpretation of her iconic suit, juxtaposed with transformable wear. Grade: 100/110. I have recently completed my master's degree in Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion with a project on the Italian noblewoman Marchesa Luisa Casati, whose fashion and art deeds inspired countless artists of her time and still retain a big influence on contemporary fashion. My main field of research is that of fashion and music, first developed in the fictitious exhibition 'ON A CLEAR DAY: Barbra At The Pavilion', which created a parallel between the artistic vision of the Prince Regent and that of Streisand. Then, being chosen as keynote speaker by the Costume Society UK for their annual Study Day in 2012 represented a big step in my career. Together with my collaborator Giuseppe Meduri, I developed a research on the exploitation of costumes by music divas in the creation of their stage personae. Although the speech focused only on popular music divas from the 1850s onwards, the project behind this research is a book on the history of all music divas, which we expect to be published in 2014. I am now currently working on an exhibition on Chanel by Professor Amy De La Haye which will open at London College of Fashion in September 2013. My role is that of assistant as well as coordinator of the Italian stop of this touring exhibition. I worked from October 2010 to September 2011 at Fondazione Antonio Ratti in Como, Italy, as assistant curator and graphic designer. www.fondazioneratti.org I also interned at Kerry Taylor Auctions and GAMeC, the modern and contemporary art gallery of Bergamo, Italy. For more information on my researches, please contact me at matteo.augello@hotmail.it