Carlos Miele is a self-trained clothing designer, and began his design career creston bc "creating performance art and crafting installations for museums and exhibit venues around the globe".

The first flagship Carlos Miele shop in New York City was designed by architect Hani Rashid, and was the New York City entry to the International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo.

[4] Despite his interest in many facets of design, he pursued business studies at the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), an elite Latin American institution.

[9] He has been noted for a "flair for dramatic presentations",[10] with sensual flowing and clinging fabrics being characteristic.

Suzy Menkes noted the emphasis on blending technology with elemental nature themes in the designs of several shows during the 2012 Spring-Summer shows in New York City; Miele commented, "I see a dialogue between artificial and natural, modified beauty and organic, technology and life".