Book a Fitting

The House

A decade on Skoufa Street.

Nine craftspeople, three floors, and a book that closes when it is full.

How it began

Two returns, one courtyard.

Athina Vlachou trained in cutting and draping at Central Saint Martins, then spent six seasons under Antonio Berardi in London before coming home to Athens in 2013. Niccolò Castellani is a third-generation tailor from a Florentine workshop his grandfather Aldo founded in 1946. They met during a residency at the École de la Chambre Syndicale in Paris.

What they shared was a frustration: occasion-wear in Athens had become indistinguishable from rental — fast, sized, finished by machine. In 2014 they opened a single room above a quiet courtyard on Skoufa Street with three commissions and one seamstress, Eleftheria Mavroidi, who had embroidered for the National Opera for twenty-two years.

Hand-embroidered bodice on a dress form in the workshop
The Discipline

A decade in numbers.

The workshop now spans the second and third floors: a fitting salon panelled in oak, a cutting room above it, and a private viewing room for bridal clients.

The Rule

We do not pre-cut.

There is no sample line. Every piece is cut, basted, fitted, and hand-finished only after you have stood in the salon and we have measured your shoulders, your waist, your reach. Every garment passes through both founders’ hands at least three times before it is delivered.

The intake is capped on purpose. Twelve brides a season and forty evening commissions a year is what nine pairs of hands can finish properly. When the book is full, it closes until the next season.

How a Commission Works Meet the Craftspeople
In Print

A quiet decade in the press.

Visit

The salon is open by appointment.

Skoufa 38, Kolonaki. Tuesday through Saturday, second floor, the bell marked Atelier.

Book a First Measure