Filippo Sorcinelli works on papal vestments iN A Small workshop in Santarcangelo di Romagna, in the Marche region of Italy.
He dressed the last three popes: Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV.
Members of the clergy, such as the Patriarch of Jerusalem, come to try on models of chasubles and cassocks directly on the floor of his workshop.
His workshop is located less than an hour's drive from his native village, Mondolfo, where he lives.
As a child, he discovered faith while sweeping the village church with his mother.
On his desk lies one of his first creations, which took him several months to complete: a mitre worn by Benedict XVI.
Filippo Sorcinelli also works for the archbishops of Paris and New York.
The Caffè dello Sport, in the historic centre of Mondolfo, is housed in a former 13th-century religious building. Inside, you can still see the vaults and remains of wall paintings.
Over the course of 25 years, he has recruited around fifteen employees, all specialising in a specific material or technique.
These young women are all from the rural region of Marche.
Filippo Sorcinelli's workshop is located right next to San Marino, a mountainous microstate enclaved in north-central Italy. This city is one of the oldest republics in the world.
Filippo Sorcinelli is also organist for the cathedrals of Fanno and Rimini. He learned to play when he was 13 years old, in the church of Santa Giustina, in his native village of Mondolfo.
Detail in the Church of Saint Augustine, in Mondolfo. The designer's birthplace has no fewer than five parishes and a Large convent.
In his native village of Mondolfo, fashion designer Filippo Sorcinelli has also developed a perfumery laboratory. As with his clothing designs, his olfactory creations reference the Gospels.
