Lorenzo Re might just have the fashion industry’s least glamorous job. Alone in his dusty Paris workshop, he carves, chisels and sands limewood chunks into rounded molds used to shape extravagant toques and fedoras for the likes of Dior and Chanel. So how will the show go on when he retires?

No one is sure. The 62-year-old is Paris’ last hat-block maker. He has searched in vain for an apprentice to keep his savoir-faire alive.

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