{{short description|French patternmaker|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | image = <!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = 150px | name = Nicolas Caito | caption = | birth_date = May 16, 1969 | birth_place = Lyon (France) | nationality = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Patternmaker | title = | spouse = Camille Caito | website = }} '''Nicolas Caito''' (born May 16, 1969) is a French patternmaker who works in New York City.<ref name=elle>"Sew Be It." ''Elle'' (September 2007), p416.</ref> According to ''Elle'' magazine, he is "New York's most in-demand patternmaker" and is often credited with increasing the level of technical craftsmanship in American fashion to a level formerly seen only in Milan and Paris.<ref name=elle/>
Caito was born and raised in the south of France.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://nicolascaito.com/?page=bio | title=Atelier Nicolas Caito | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312093418/http://nicolascaito.com/?page=bio | archive-date=2016-03-12}}</ref> His interest in fashion was piqued during his youth when he observed the artistry involved in the construction of luxury clothing while traveling in Italy.<ref name=elle/> He initially planned to enter the business side of fashion, and so in 1989, graduated from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce et de Management, Montpelier, with a degree in international business.<ref name=elle/> After his uncle presented him with the opportunity for an apprenticeship at Lanvin, however, Caito changed career paths.<ref name=elle/>
At Lanvin, Caito spent his first two years sewing linings and pockets as ''deuxième main''.<ref name=elle/> There, he climbed the ranks, eventually becoming ''première main qualifiée,'' a position in which he sewed detailed flourishes on the house's clothing.<ref name=elle/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lcmeridian.com/2.15265/couture-artistry-thrives-in-nyc-1.1989701|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128114010/http://www.lcmeridian.com/2.15265/couture-artistry-thrives-in-nyc-1.1989701|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 28, 2013|title=亚洲欧洲日产国码 中学,免费的又色又爽又黄的视频本,2022中文字幕视频,健身房里的欲乱H文}}</ref>
Caito later moved to Hermès for 18 months, and then to Rochas.<ref name=elle/> At Rochas, he collaborated with designer Olivier Theyskens to develop some of the house's critically lauded designs.<ref name=elle/>
In July 2005, Caito opened his own atelier in New York City. Since then, he has worked with some of New York's most talented designers, including Proenza Schouler, Thakoon, Zac Posen, Calvin Klein Collection and Ralph Lauren. He also appears in the Sundance Channel documentary ''The Day Before''<ref>{{Cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630221403/http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500528909/ | url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500528909/ | archive-date=2010-06-30 | title=FILM: The Day Before: Proenza Schouler}}</ref> alongside Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler.
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