Complementary activity included within the 8th edition of the Alicante Classical Theater Festival.
Born in Madrid in 1967, Lorenzo Caprile trained as a dressmaker at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and at the International Fashion Polytechnic in Florence; he is also a graduate in Language and
Literature from the University of Florence.
In 1986 he began working for important fashion firms, both Italian and Spanish. But it was not until 1993 that he opened his workshop in the Salamanca neighborhood of Madrid.
Specialized in custom ceremonial suits, his creations have walked red carpets and his unique and handcrafted garments have been featured on numerous covers of the most well-known publications. Since 2006 his name has also been linked to the creation of costumes for theater, film, dance and opera, due to his other facet: that of costume designer, highlighting his work for the National Classical Theater Company and the November Company.
He is the author of the books "Let's Get Married" and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Style" and regularly participates in round tables and conferences at the country's leading design institutions and schools. He collaborates on El Comanche, a program on Onda Cero directed by Julia Otero.
He has received numerous awards for the excellence of his work as a dressmaker and costume designer. He has been awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts (2018). And on television he has been one of the jury members of the hugely popular RTVE program "Masters of Sewing" and creator and presenter of the format "Sewing and Telling" on Telemadrid.
