Inside the historic Rome atelier responsible for 17 Oscar wins for costume design

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Tirelli tailoring house, founded in Rome in 1964, has contributed to 17 Oscar wins for Best Costume Design, including notable films like 'Casanova', 'The English Patient', and 'Titanic'.

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00:18 In 1964, with the help of some friends, I, among them, opened my own

00:23 atelier in an apartment in Via Tevere, with two sewing machines, a

00:29 cutter, and two other saws, I think, and I started.

00:37 [Music]

00:40 Because everything about the world has changed, because our world

00:45 is nothing. We continue to cut by hand, to sew by hand, and there is a way to

00:55 inform the material, we find it more easily, but we continue to do everything

01:02 by hand. The world has changed, but we always do it by hand.

01:06 [Music]

01:24 I have to say one thing, that the film was shot in a very dark way, and I am surprised

01:30 that the costumes were noticed, because you hardly notice the costumes.

01:34 You only see Josephine Barney, but you hardly see all the other characters.

01:41 But, who knows, maybe we'll put another medal on the medal-bearer.

01:48 [Music]

01:51 (dramatic music)

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