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Atelier Quarterly Magazine — Vol. I: La Belle Epoque Redux

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Atelier Quarterly

An Editorial Journal of Craft, Culture, and the Considered Life
By Stacy Stewart Smith (he/him), New York Atelier

“The 167-Hour Journey: Creating a Couture Shearling Coat.”

This is the kind of story inside Atelier Quarterly. Not marketing. Not trend reports. A designer opening his notebooks, his cost sheets, and his atelier to explain what couture actually is, and why it costs what it costs.

Volume I is the first collected edition of the journal: 66 pages, 12 essays and features plus an exclusive fashion spread and short story, written for the curious, the discerning, and the well-dressed.

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Table of Contents

Plant Dream Adumbration — page 1
The Real Price Designers Pay to Make Luxury Apparel — page 4
The Making of The Bishop — page 8
Muffin Top and the Ever Moving Pants Waistline — page 15
Great Garment Expectations — page 17
Tweed Talk — page 20
Artificial Intelligence Just May Become the Fashion Police — page 23
Of Collars Convertible and Custom Cravats — page 27
The Needle and Thread: The Couture Chainette — page 33
The Well-Dressed Man: How to Tie a Cravat — page 34
The Abstractrealist Dreamer — page 35
Holiday Alternatives — page 38
Bespoke Shirt Boutique — Fashion Spread — page 42
Creativity Yields Haters and Naysayers but Also Success — Short Story — page 53

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English digital edition ISBN: 979-8-90600-830-5

Ready for more? Atelier Quarterly Vol. II: Couture Reformation — Menswear Couture Magazine is also available.

Stacy Stewart Smith offers made-to-order garments, fine art, and digital publications — each requiring different care. Please refer to the product description for care and handling instructions specific to your purchase. For garments: dry clean or spot clean unless otherwise noted; do not machine wash. For fine art: keep away from direct sunlight and humidity; handle with clean, dry hands or cotton gloves. For digital products and publications: no physical care required; download and archive your files upon receipt.

Every Stacy Stewart Smith piece begins as a drawing and ends as a decision — a deliberate choice of textile, construction method, and proportion made by a single designer with five decades of practice. The same eye that composes a painting composes a coat: line, weight, negative space, and the relationship between form and the body that inhabits it. Garments are produced in New York City, one at a time, to the measurements and preferences of the individual client. No two pieces are identical. No production run exists. This is not manufacturing — it is making.

The atelier sources textiles for their hand, weight, and longevity. Sustainability here is not a campaign. It is the natural consequence of making only what is wanted, from materials chosen to last, by a craftsman who will not put his name on anything less.