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a workshop that calls itself French so it can charge triple.
means An artist's, designer's, or craftsperson's studio or workshop, especially one where a master works alongside assistants.
from Straight from the French atelier, meaning workshop or studio. Dig deeper and it traces to the Old French astelier — a 'pile of wood chips' or 'splinter heap,' from astele, a splinter or shaving (ultimately from Late Latin astella, a little stick). So the lofty word for where genius happens began life as the floor of a carpenter's shop, scattered with wood scraps.
- origin
- From Old French astele, meaning a splinter of wood.
- master system
- Apprentices ground pigments years before touching the canvas.
- fashion empire
- Couture houses still hand-stitch entire gowns in ateliers.
- signature trick
- Rembrandt's pupils painted works sold as his own.
chanel atelier rue cambon — haute couture workrooms in paris where coco chanel's designs have been hand-crafted since 1910
dior haute couture atelier — prestigious sewing studios in paris employing 100+ seamstresses for couture collections since 1947