The Atelier
The salon, the cutting room, and the embroidery frame — and the people who work at each.
Two returns to a courtyard on Skoufa Street in 2013, three commissions, and one embroiderer from the National Opera.
An oak fitting salon on the second floor, the cutting room above it, and a private viewing room for bridal clients.
Nine people, four of whom have been here since the first season. Every garment passes through both founders’ hands three times.
A quiet decade in Madame Figaro Greece, Vogue Greece, Kathimerini K, and Harper’s Bazaar Greece.
Forty commissions a year, cut to order, with no sample line and no deadstock. The offcuts go to the embroidery frame.
We take one apprentice at a time, for two years, on the cutting room floor. The next place opens in autumn.
Athina and Niccolò still personally take the first measure of every bespoke commission.
Founder — Head of Design
Cuts every bridal pattern by hand. Trained at Central Saint Martins, then six seasons under Antonio Berardi in London.
Founder — Head of Tailoring
Third-generation Florentine tailor. Cuts all suiting in-house, on a pattern drafted to the body rather than a block.
Lead Embroiderer
Twenty-two years at the National Opera before joining in the first month. Hand-beads every Persephone gown.
Head Seamstress
Hand-rolls every silk hem in the workshop. Joined in 2017 and has finished most of what has left the building since.
Workshop visits are arranged for clients with a commission in progress, usually between fittings.