{"id":585,"date":"2013-03-06T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/?p=585"},"modified":"2013-06-03T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T09:06:36","slug":"interview-with-lorenzo-cifonelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/interview-with-lorenzo-cifonelli\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Lorenzo Cifonelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m 43 years old and currently the master tailor at Cifonelli with my cousin Massimo. I knew that I would like to become a tailor since the first time saw my grand-father working in the workshop. \u00a0He was always a success model for me. His way of working and his style are still inspiring me.\u00a0I made a master degree in economy in Paris and also some studies in London.\u00a0I have two little girls who are still too young for being educate to this amazing\u00a0universe but one thing that I can tell you is that they love to see their father in the workshop ! :)\u00a0I&#8217;m still working with my father and the family spirit is a real strenght in Cifonelli.\u00a0\u00a0Again I learned it because i grown in this universe since I was a child ! I also read a lot of book, particulary english ones for the secrets of tailoring.\u00a0But you have to practice a lot to feel it well ! :-)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m wearing casual plans and I like to mix different style of wears and fabrics ! I don&#8217;t have a specific style in fact &#8211; just my own !\u00a0Cifonelli was found in Roma in 1880, now our showroom and worshop are located in Paris at the 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0rue Marbeuf inside \u201cGold Triangle\u201d.\u00a0We have a worldwide clientele and we are always travelling for meeting our customers all around the world. The Cifonelli style is a mix between the italian style, the cut and lightness, english for the structure and french for the quality of work and finishes.<\/p>\n<p>I always wanted to perpetuate the work of my great father and also to learn and show to the world our specific &#8220;savoir-fair&#8221;. But I&#8217;m also interested in a kind of fashion because it&#8217;s our modern world. My priority is understand how people live and always to show of curiosity for making contemporary suits. That\u2019s why we are promoting the idea of \u201ccontemporary couture\u201d.\u00a0We are looking for the good balance between classic and modern style. That&#8217;s the Cifonelli vision. Always thinking to a new way of reinventing tailoring.\u00a0You can see this spirit on a lot of jacket models :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cifonelli.com\/Creations_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cifonelli.com\/<wbr \/>Creations_en.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still the same and it&#8217;s always a pleasure to meet interested people. My cousin and I are proud to talk about our passion. We are not famous, but just well known for the quality of our garments&#8230; and that&#8217;s our first pride !\u00a0\u00a0like to travel and that&#8217;s a very exciting part of my tailor job. The effervescence of Tokyo and New York is very stimulating and sometimes it&#8217;s a source of inspiration. Music can be also a way to find new ideas, I play guitar since years&#8230; And I&#8217;m also a tennis player on sunday ! :-)<\/p>\n<p>Since some years, we can see that people are going back to the traditional and artisanal work. The authenticity and personalization is now required, that\u2019s why I\u2019m pretty sure that tailoring will continues to grow and catch the interest of many customers particulary for young people.\u00a0I like to meet them, a lot are questioning me particularly on internet which is an amazing support with websites like yours !\u00a0The only that I could tell them is that in life as in its style, it&#8217;s important to be proud of its choices. And especially to assume them ! 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I knew that I would &#8230; <br \/><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/interview-with-lorenzo-cifonelli\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24,7,67,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-french-style","category-interviews","category-men-of-style","category-tailors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}