Journal
Bridal diaries, craft notes, and what the season is asking for. Written by whoever did the work.
Nine months in the cutting and finishing of a duchesse satin bridal gown — from the first sketch to the final pressing in the Kolonaki salon.
Anastasia Drosou hand-rolls every hem in the workshop. We watched her finish the Calypso cocktail dress in three quiet hours.
Six silhouettes for the woman who has been planning her daughter’s wedding for two years and her own dress for two weeks.
Calico costs a fraction of duchesse satin and tells the truth about a shoulder. Nothing is cut in fabric until the toile is right.
A bias cut moves because it is cut against the weave. Athina explains why the Galateia takes forty-eight pieces instead of six.
A commission taken four months out, after another house had been cancelled. What we moved to make it, and what we would not.
Trunk show invitations, bridal diaries, and quiet first looks at the spring and autumn collections. Nothing else.