Lorenzo Caprile: "My worst summer was when Carlos García-Calvo died"

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Lorenzo Caprile (Madrid, 1967) has already suffered several painful losses in his life.

The first was that of his father, in 2006, who was able to see how his seventh son, the little one, reached the top of couture in our country by dressing the Infanta Cristina as a bride at her wedding with Iñaki Urdangarin.

However, the dressmaker, a great friend of his friends, buried his close friend two years ago, the journalist and social chronicler Carlos García-Calvo.

And the memory of his death illustrates the worst summer of his life.

Unfortunately, after Carlos' departure there have been other very difficult losses for him.

That of one of his brothers and that of Lola Díaz García, his right hand in the workshop, the latter two deceased this year.

However, thanks to the positive character and enjoyment of him, and above all to the lot of work that he always has,

Lorenzo Caprile does not lose his smile.

you have to throw

and good memories are gasoline for the soul.

We talked to him about

, also a signature of

, which these pages miss very much dissecting Queen Letizia's looks: "It was the summer of 2020, it seemed that the covid had passed, that there was hope But suddenly, without expecting it, Carlos died. On July 28. Not from covid, from a heart attack, suddenly.

. "

Carlos was a

and fashion itself, he knew a lot about the history of Spain despite having grown up in Argentina.

"He always helped me, in my beginnings in the world of rags and later, even with his criticism", affirms Lorenzo.

"My relationship with him was very close, we talked every week and some every day. And we did it about everything, not just about fashion. About books, about exhibitions. About gossip, about the modeling of the day, about the industry. We talked for hours a phone.

something that has been lost now with so many messages. I think he would send me an email or none in his life. We also went out for lunch or dinner at least once a month.

, you always learned something from a chat with him, he left you a lesson", longs for the dressmaker.

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Caprile found out about Carlos's death the next morning, arriving at the workshop first thing in the morning.

It was a shock, nobody expected it.

He was in great health, somewhat annoyed in one hip but in perfect head.

He was 76 years old.

"He had already delivered the book

,

to the publishing house La Esfera, which published it postmortem the following November. They asked me to write the prologue and it was an honor for me.

, it was my way of saying goodbye to him. Frankly, I think it's one of my best texts."

Indeed, none of his friends, family or colleagues, nor his partner of almost all life,

, were able to say their last goodbye.

Due to Covid regulations, funerals were not held then.

It is still pending to pay him a well-deserved tribute.

Of course, the obituaries in the newspapers were not lacking.

, the great Spanish fashion chronicler who became popular on Extra Rosa with Ana Rosa Quintana and Rosa Villacastín in the 90s on Antena 3. A mythical program of style that catapulted him to fame.

"I have an altar in my house with all my dead and Carlos is among them.

, I dedicate a thought to him every day and I tell him many things that have been happening in these two years I have a very nice photo of him in my office in the workshop. Luckily Carlos did not see Doña Letizia's famous suit with her belly in the air because she would have had me on the phone for five hours, "he laughs.

Carlos was a very funny guy.

There is more to read his articles in

and in

about the Queen.

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"And imagine the divorce of the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin, he would have spent days commenting on it. He would have loved to clean up a few months ago that Doña Letizia recycled a wonderful dress from the Molinero sisters, for example. Fashion has to miss him a lot because I sincerely believe

, in terms of culture, the spark he had writing and the ability he had to string together topics always with a humorous tone".

Without a doubt, Carlos was a legged encyclopedia of world fashion history.

Caprile and Carlos met at a Balenciaga brand meeting

through Leticia Espinosa de los Monteros when Lorenzo was very young.

"In this meeting he already wanted to do a report on me, he was very professional. It was in 1995."

From then until that fateful summer of 2020.

"In the Church of San Manuel and San Benito I am going to do a mass for him now when it is the anniversary of his death.

I will make an effort to put some pretty flowers on him, because he deserves it," concludes Lorenzo Caprile.

The Madrid dressmaker of Italian origin has triumphed on television in recent years with the program

as leader of the jury.

of a similar nature for a regional network, also produced by

which will be broadcast this fall and is sure to be a success.

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