Poell grew up in Austria, forcefully immersed in the leather business against his will. Although he mastered the art of constructing garments and manufacturing leather from his family his entire teenage years, he became resentful towards the fashion industry and it’s patrons. Eventually he parted from this business, and decided to take design into his own hands. Before he could do so he needed to master the art of tailoring, so he attended “The Costume Michelbeuern School for Tailoring and Dressmaking” in Vienna, until he grew unhappy there, at which point he moved to the “Domus Academy” in Milan. After he received his masters in fashion design there, he shortly after established a company under his namesake “Carol Christian Poell” in 1995.