After 16 years of designing out of a somewhat anonymous atelier, she opened the boutique, named after herself, in August 2008, capitalizing on a wave of enthusiasm for her work, as displayed mostly by Mrs. Obama on the campaign trail.
2. Steinunn After stints at Calvin Klein and Gucci, Steinunn Sigurd returned to Reykjavik and opened this atelier, where you'll find lava-and-glass sculptures by Icelandic artists and Sigurd's own feminine knits in the somber colors of a Nordic winter.
When Christian Dior opened his atelier, just after the end of the Second World War, he bought an old mansion on the Avenue Montaigne.
This fall, the "Project Runway" finalist Andy South (by appointment; 12 South King Street; 808-744-1167; andysouthisom) opened his atelier and showroom to the public; his line runs from gossamer silk tanks with open backs to chain-fringed leather vests.
She eventually opened her atelier in Venice and created the label Fashion Venetia, which she still sells.
She opened an atelier in 1958, and by the early 1960s she was earning a reputation for perfectionism and impeccable tailoring.
A hundred years ago, as Atget was planting his tripod in the suburbs of Paris, Lanvin opened her atelier.
Yet, not long after Callot Soeurs opened their atelier, in 1895, they became one of the great names in Belle Époque fashion.
FLORENCE — When Sara Checcucci opened her atelier in Galluzzo, a southern district of Florence bordering the Chianti hillsides, she was astonished by the number of young people who would stop to gaze at her through the window as she worked.
So the company opened its own atelier and has since more than tripled its original inventory of 900 marionettes.
