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Sacred Vesti e Haute Couture
Pope Leo XIV has been included by Vogue in the ranking of
Best Dressed People of 2025!
December is known to be the month in which we make good resolutions and predictions for the new year, but it is also the time to take stock with all the best (and sometimes even the worst) from the year that is about to end.
The iconic Vogue Magazine was no different and drew up its ranking of the best-dressed personalities of 2025 and incredibly Pope Leo XIV was also included in the prestigious list.
“Known For: Breaking with the humble tastes of his predecessor, Pope Francis—but keeping his tailor and maintaining the papal legacy for fine-fitting liturgical vestments”, recita la motivazione.
The Vatican has welcomed a new pope, but the hand of the same tailor can be recognized in the sacred vestments he wears on the most important liturgical appointments.
Filippo Sorcinelli’s LAVS atelier is pleased to have been able to dress the Holy Father in these first months of his pontificate and to continue to do so by collaborating, for over 20 years, in close synergy with the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.
There have been many ceremonies officiated by Pope Leo XIV, we remember some in which he wore the creations of Filippo Sorcinelli’s LAVS atelier.
Pontifical stole in silk velvet and gold embroidery made for December 8 – Immaculate Conception – Spanish Steps, Rome
White and gold miter made for the apostolic journey to Turkey
Mitre with geometric gold embroidery and papal coats of arms
Casula e mitra in seta e oro e ametiste
LAVS WORKSHOP
LAVS is the acronym for Laboratorio Atelier Vesti Sacre, but also Praise, in Latin, that man renders to God through the work of his own hands.
Based in Santarcangelo di Romagna, the atelier deals with the study, design and production of sacred vestments, furnishings and accessories for the sacred Catholic liturgy.
The LAVS adventure began in Mondolfo, a small enchanted village in the province of Pesaro Urbino, where Filippo Sorcinelli was born in 1975. His strong fascination for the sacred began as a child when, attending the village church, he was fascinated by the vestments that were kept there and by the sound of the organ.
After embarking on a course of study focused on art, which led him to obtain the Licentiate of Master of Art first and the maturity of Applied Arts, he graduated from the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, perfecting himself at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and becoming, over the years, titular organist at the cathedrals of Fano, Rimini and San Benedetto del Tronto, and particularly appreciated internationally for his improvisation skills on the organ.
In the meantime, observing his aunt and sister, both seamstresses, he began to learn the art of tailoring and embroidery. It is thanks to a phone call, arrived at the end of 2000, that his career path takes a new and unexpected direction: he is a friend who is about to take his vows and for whom Filippo decides to make his first chasuble. This is how, driven by the desire to experiment in a new and unexplored territory, he founded LAVS in 2001.
But there is more, because Filippo Sorcinelli also decides to perfume the packages that hold the sacred vestments at the time of being shipped and so in 2013 he also founded the brand of art perfumes FILIPPO SORCINELLI.
In addition to the Atelier in Santarcangelo di Romagna, LAVS has two stores, one in Rome in Borgo Vittorio, a few steps from the Vatican City and another in Assisi.
