Atelier Quarterly is a menswear couture magazine — written, designed, illustrated, and published by Stacy Stewart Smith. Each volume makes the argument that couture belongs to men, and that the well-dressed man is not following fashion. He is reforming it.
Part editorial, part manifesto, part atelier journal, every issue moves from the philosophy of the craft to the garments themselves — the coats, the trousers, the accessories, and the hands that make them. This is fashion as wearable, collectable art.
From the Editor
Vol. II exists because Vol. I asked a question and did not fully answer it. The question is whether menswear couture — true couture, made by hand, made to measure, made with the same intention as the great houses of Paris — belongs to men the way it has always belonged to women. My answer is yes. Vol. II makes that argument in full: in the essays, in the garments, in the spreads, and in the construction details. It is the most complete statement I have made as a designer. — Stacy Stewart Smith
A Sample from Vol. II
"Couture, then, is not the opposite of comfort — it is the opposite of indifference."
"We are walking perpetually on an invisible fashion runway with or without an audience."
"Couture quality is a craft that exists in the light and not the shadow of the legal title."
— From the Menswear Couture Manifesto, Atelier Quarterly Vol. II
Vol. II — Couture Reformation
The second volume opens behind a Wedgwood Blue door on Chicago’s South Side and builds, across 66 pages, into a full argument for menswear couture as an artform.
What’s Inside:
- Menswear Couture Manifesto — The full argument. Why couture belongs to men and always has.
- Why Windsor Pants? — On the Duke of Windsor, the wide leg, and the return of the considered trouser.
- Kilt Reality — A discovery of transatlantic truths. The Great Kilt and its African and Scottish inheritance.
- The Gift Gallery — Couture accessories as objects of art and intention.
- A Beautiful Life: Couture Coverings in Black — On the coats, the linings, and the architecture of warmth.
- Behind the Couture Door — A comic strip series. The atelier, the process, and the man behind the work.
Note: The Atelier Quarterly Vol. II downloadable file is now available at purchase prior to the release date. Early purchases will receive an email to access the magazine.
Complimentary copy available with any $300 purchase. Add Vol. II to your cart and enter code QUARTERLY-ON-US at checkout.
Vol. I — La Belle Époque Redux
Available now.
Where it began. The first volume established the house voice — the essays, the construction detail, and the couture philosophy that Vol. II now expands. A collector’s first chapter.
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Atelier Quarterly reaches a curated audience of luxury menswear enthusiasts, collectors, retailers, and cultural tastemakers. Advertising placements are available to approved non-competing luxury brands, services, cultural institutions, and event organizers — by the quarter, in any issue, at rates that reflect the publication’s standing as a collectible art object rather than a trade circular.
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Designed and written by Stacy Stewart Smith. Made in New York.
