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The first room, the Studio, is a recreation of the photographer’s famous atelier on Rue Paul Fort in Paris, known as Studio Luce, where fashion pictures, still-life imagery, portraits coexist as a kaleidoscopic trip inside Roversi’s oeuvre and intimate workspace.—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 May 2026 The atelier was in operation until 1956, and it was owned by the couturier’s descendents until 1950 when it was purchased by the House of Paquin.—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 The museum also explores van Herpen’s creative process with a recreation of her atelier in the fifth-floor rotunda where videos of the construction of the garments are projected onto giant spools of fabric extending from dress forms to the rotunda’s ceiling.—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026 The Milanese fashion kingpin was born in Reggio Calabria and began his career at his mother's dressmaking atelier.—Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for atelier
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Etymology
French, from Middle French astelier woodpile, from astele splinter, from Late Latin astella, diminutive of Latin astula