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For decades, the flagship on Fifth Avenue and 58th Street housed a custom salon, an atelier bustling with seamstresses catering to the sartorial whims of society’s grande dames.—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024 The bags are handmade in France near Dijon in an atelier used by top luxury brands, and made in limited editions.—Booth Moore, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024 Howard Hughes tapped Tihany Design, the global boutique design atelier behind projects like an update to the Beverly Hills Hotel and restaurants for acclaimed chefs Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud.—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2024 On the floors below us, the ateliers are, under his instruction, knitting skull masks from ivory cashmere and hand-shredding yards of organza to give the impression of shearling.—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for atelier
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French astelier woodpile, from astele splinter, from Late Latin astella, diminutive of Latin astula
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