Designer Filippo Sorcinelli on dressing the last three popes – interview

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Yves Saint Laurent famously once said that fashion fades, but style is eternal.

For designer Filippo Sorcinelli, who fashions garments for one of the world’s most revered religious figures, that statement carries even greater weight.
Having dressed three popes – Benedict, Francis and now Leo – for some of their most notable appearances for the better part of two decades, Sorcinelli, 50, is now affectionately known as the pope’s tailor, his intricately embroidered liturgical vestments akin to the...

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