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Each piece on the catwalk is the result of hours of work by many ateliers dedicated to every last detail.—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 But gaining admission became a rigorous, multi-year process that involved apprenticing at an atelier, where her male colleagues regularly targeted her for frat-boy-style pranks.—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 July 2025 And for Black women over 40, this fantasy has never been borrowed from Paris ateliers alone, but rooted in a deep cultural tradition of spectacle, performance, and self-definition.—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 July 2025 By staging the presentation at the atelier, Retori hopes to pay tribute to this legendary personality, explained Manzoni, honoring her creative freedom.—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for atelier
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French astelier woodpile, from astele splinter, from Late Latin astella, diminutive of Latin astula
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