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Behind the scenes of Daniel Day-Lewis's last film, Phantom Thread - and why he took eight-hour dressmaking classes
![Daniel Day-Lewis learned how to create a Balenciaga dress from scratch to play a designer in "Phantom Thread," the film he says is his last Daniel Day-Lewis learned how to create a Balenciaga dress from scratch to play a designer in "Phantom Thread," the film he says is his last](http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2018/03/pt_dom_trlr1_txtls-00088267-640x346.jpg)
Daniel Day-Lewis learned how to create a Balenciaga dress from scratch to play a designer in "Phantom Thread," the film he says is his last
![MN Plus | Hollywood's Finest on Twitter: "Daniel Day-Lewis took up his role so seriously that he learned how to sew, and practised on his wife Rebecca Miller, trying to recreate a MN Plus | Hollywood's Finest on Twitter: "Daniel Day-Lewis took up his role so seriously that he learned how to sew, and practised on his wife Rebecca Miller, trying to recreate a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETnpGy7U8AAsclN.jpg)