Documentaire - Men of the Cloth 2010

MEN OF THE CLOTH gives us a window into the past, present and future of custom tailoring, a craft whose roots are in the Italian Renaissance but whose branches extend from small towns in the Apennine Mountains of Italy and the outskirts of Palermo, Sicily, all the way to New York's Madison Avenue and the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Master tailors Nino Corvato and Checchino Fonticoli acquired their old World tailoring skills while working as young apprentices in local tailor shops. After they finished their apprenticeships, however, neither one was satisfied with the local opportunities available as independent tailors.

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MEN OF THE CLOTH develops dramatic tension by initially focusing on the love and devotion these tailors have for their craft, and subsequently by exploring the different crossroads and career paths taken by Nino and Checchino. Until recently, Joe Centofanti, a 90-year-old master tailor in Pennsylvania facing retirement, foreshadowed the dilemma that Nino faces -- working for a lifetime to perfect a craft yet having no one to succeed him. Now Joe has unexpectedly acquired an apprentice, thereby refuting the prevailing trend in his trade, albeit in a small way.

O'Mast - Traditional Neapolitan tailoring

De trailer van O'Mast, een documentaire over traditionele Napolitaanse kleermakers is klaar. De gehele film wordt nog ge-edit, en ik weet zeker dat er tzt voor het eindresultaat veel belangstelling van jullie zal zijn. Tot die tijd, geduld!

Hieronder al te zien bij wijze van teaser, de trailer