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Gammarelli: The Pope's Tailor

20/6/2019

 
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Gammarelli, Ecclesiastical Tailors, Rome
Gammarelli, Ecclesiastical Tailors

Tucked away in a small piazza, a stone's throw from Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, is Gammarelli, tailors to the upper echelons of the Catholic church for more than two hundred years. Six generations of the family have fitted out thousands of bishops, archbishops and cardinals, and over a dozen popes.

The dynasty started in 1798, during the reign of Pope Pius VI, when Giovanni Antonio Gammarelli began work as a master tailor. He was followed in the trade by his son, Filippo, and his grandson, Annibale. It was the latter who, in 1874, transferred the business to its present premises, part of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.

During a conclave, Gammarelli has the honour of providing outfits in three different sizes (small, medium and large) for the prospective pope. Gammarelli claims to be the oldest shop in Rome still managed by direct descendants of the founder.

Gammarelli, Ecclesiastical Tailors, Rome
Gammarelli, Ecclesiastical Tailors

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