About me
Amelia O’Mahony-Brady is an editor, researcher and emerging curator of dress, currently based between Dublin and Milan. Her 5+ years of experience in magazine editing and freelance writing, principally working with Irish and Italian publications (Totally Dublin, The Florentine, The Sunday Times etc) are shaped by eclectic, colourful explorations of fashion, examining the latter’s relationship with art, performance, culture and heritage.
Recently trained in collections management and care, she is currently embarking upon a dress research sabbatical whilst cutting her teeth in curatorial practices.
Projects
- Creator / Guest Editor, The Florentine Guide to Pitti Uomo (18 Page Supplement)In collaboration with editor-in-chief Helen Farrell and director Marco Badiani, I conceived, curated and penned the contents of this Pitti Uomo guide; The Florentine’s first stand-alone fashion supplement, published during Florence’s internationally-acclaimed, menswear trade fair / fashion week. Devised to showcase the Tuscan capital beyond its tourist tracks — offering Pitti-goers a unique, sartorially-charged lens through which to explore Florence — the colour-popping, 18-page supplement encom
- Editor, Artsdesk (2018-2019)Over the course of six issues, I covered Dublin-based exhibitions — sometimes two at a time, their thematic frameworks interwoven — executed by artists of both domestic and continent-crossing success, comprising topics of long-standing, personal interest: the trailblazing strides of Irish women artists; the inventive output of freshly-emerged artists, and how they harness digital progressions to their advantage; the intrinsic ties between art and fashion, among adjacent subjects.
- HEMLINES Creator/Editor, Totally Dublin (2018-2020)In collaboration with editor-in-chief Michael McDermott and art director Lauren Kavanagh, I conceived and introduced “Hemlines” — a snappy two-page segment, dedicated to colour-popping design talents and sartorial newsflashes — alongside a thematic re-fresh of the magazine’s lengthier fashion features. Unleashing creative control across these spreads, my editorship of HEMLINES afforded me an unrivalled chance to explore diverse, interdisciplinary approaches to fashion, critically but accessibly
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Work history
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Fashion, Art and Culture Contributor, Pitti Uomo Guest EditorThe Florentine
Florence, ItalyFreelance
- Conceived and edited inaugural Florentine Guide to Pitti Uomo
- Devised “Florence in Technicolour” cover story (April 2017)
- Conducted interviews bi-lingually (English / Italian)
- Print and digital reportage on an eclectic mix of Florence-based designers, dress exhibitions and fashion-week shows / presentations (writing and photography)
- Pitched and contributed articles exploring a variety of cultural topics, including sumptuary laws and proto-feminist triumphs in Renaissance Florence, the evolution of scent, seasoned artisans (luthiers, lampshade makers et al) and the history of church-bell ringers
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Skills
- Feature Writing
- Social Media Management
- Content Translation
- Sub-editing
- Editorial Fashion
- Fashion Styling
- Italian
- Adobe Photoshop
- Collection Management
- Curation
- Arts Events
- Academic Research
- Cataloging
- Website Creation
- Website Copywriting
Education
Awards
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Italian Cultural Institute PrizeTrinity College Dublin
Awarded for receiving the highest grades in Sophister examinations