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46 April 9, 2015
Death of the handmade
‘Men of the Cloth’ and the art of the tailor by Michael J. Casey
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lothes make the man. But tailors — Nino Corvato (working out of who makes the clothes? New York City), Joe Centofanti Nowadays, most of us walk (Philadelphia) and Checchino Fonticoli around wearing cookie-cut(Penne, Italy) — armed with shears and ter shirts, pants and jackets, tape measures. All three are artists and the all produced en masse and for no one in body is their canvas. Fabric is their paint. particular. Sure, they come in a variety Vasilopoulos uses title cards to of standardized sizes, but very few bod- explain the particulars and the steps ies are standard. involved in tailoring, which allows her Purchasing subjects to fill in clothes in the 21st menoftheclothfilm.com the rest with discentury is less cussions about the about accentuating process. Free from personality and static talking more about wearheads, Vasilopoulos ing billboards. Our casually and quietclothes announce ly observes the taito the world what lors at work, allowbrands we buy, ing the audience to what teams we see their skill first cheer for and what hand. While they music we listen to. work, they muse They say so little candidly about about our own their upbringing individual personand training, never ality that it’s dwelling too long almost an afteron any one thing, thought. That is, with each word, until that man in each anecdote the fully tailored carefully placed suit enters the like stiches on a room. lapel. Men of the Cloth follows three tailors keeping the art alive. It’s amazing All three come from a similar what that suit can background, one that tell us. The color, the taught them to concut, the buttons, even ON THE BILL: Men of the Cloth. Playing at The Boedecker serve every scrap of which buttons are Theater, 2590 Walnut St., fabric, but all three buttoned and which Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through have developed a buttons are for show, April 11. Tickets start at $6 at www.thedairy.org. specialized approach every inch of that to their work. You suit displays specificsee how they measure ity. Each stitch, butthe client, design the patterns, cut the ton and thread speaks to the craft and fabric, hide little signatures of color the care with which it was made. That suit was made for one individual and no under the collar or pockets, etc. It’s all well thought out and thought out over one else. And, it was made by hand. a lifetime of work. That very craft and care is dutifully Which begs the inevitable question, captured in director Vicki Vasilopoulos’ what will become of them and their talMen of the Cloth, a small but beautiful ents, their skills and their knowledge documentary currently playing at The after they pass? Their art is a dying art, Boedecker Theater. one they are trying to teach and pass Modern day tailoring stems from on, but like all art the consumer must the Italian Renaissance and Humanism be present. In a way, their struggle is — the glorification of the human form akin to the struggle of the independent in art, painting and sculpture — but it filmmaker. One Vasilopoulos is most is quickly becoming a dying art. likely familiar with. Vasilopoulos focuses on three master Boulder Weekly