A Considered Wardrobe
Prepared for Mme Alexandra

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The Atelier

Gallello Atelier is a private client couture house — a return to the art of dressing, when couture was commissioned for life and not simply for occasion. Each piece is tailored entirely by hand, drawing on the inherited techniques of couturier patternmaker Dominic Gallello, who cut patterns for Monsieur Christian Dior in the 1950s. The Atelier creates elegant wardrobing pieces in noble fibres — the foundation of a woman's wardrobe.

The Art of Dressing - A Considered Approach

For Mme Alexandra

She came to the Atelier with a clear eye — drawn to the pieces that carry the day with quiet precision and the evening with complete confidence. The selection that follows reflects exactly that: a wardrobe built around the Atelier's signature tailoring and its most considered fabrications, each piece chosen for how it moves, how it is made, and how it will be worn.

Collections

The Atelier has prepared a personal selection for Mme Alexandra — chosen in response to her own considered eye and the pieces she was drawn to. Each has been selected for its construction, its fabrication, and its capacity to sit at the centre of a wardrobe built with intention. The selection spans the Atelier's signature tailoring in Cotton Silk and Cashmere through to its most fluid evening pieces — a complete wardrobe in two chapters.

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Building Her Wardrobe

Gallello Atelier is a private couture house devoted to the art of dressing. Each wardrobe is composed under the direction of the House — guided through silhouette, fabrication, and proportion, and refined through fitting. From the first commission, a complete record of the client's measurements, her silhouette, and her preferences is held in the Atelier archives — a foundation from which every subsequent piece is made. The following selection marks the beginning of that wardrobe.

The tailoring — each piece handcrafted in the Atelier's most considered fabrications, proposed for the moments that define the working day and the occasions that follow it.

Isabella Jacket & Antonella Skirt

The Atelier's signature jacket — handcrafted in Cotton Silk from Lombardia, its waist-defining construction and precise line giving it the authority of a statement piece without the weight of one. Paired with the Antonella Skirt in matching Cotton Silk, the combination is entirely assured — a suit that moves between the day and the early evening without adjustment. A piece that rewards the woman who looks closely at how things are made.

Valentina Jacket & Chiara Skirt

The Valentina Jacket in Cotton Silk Cashmere from Veneto — handcrafted by Keti, its single-breast fit and rounded collar carrying a softer authority than the house's more structured tailoring. The Cotton Silk Cashmere gives the piece an intimacy that Virgin Wool does not have — present in the hand before it is present in the room. Paired with the Chiara Skirt in matching Cotton Silk Cashmere, the combination is proposed as the wardrobe's most considered transitional piece — suited to every season and every occasion that falls between the formal and the private.

Elise Jacket & Camille Skirt

The Elise Jacket is the Entre Deux collection's defining tailored piece — a hand-sewn gathered waist in Slow Silk from Piedmont, tailored by Lidia, that shapes the silhouette with complete precision. The gathering is structural rather than decorative, holding its form through the day without concession. Paired with the Camille Skirt — hand-sewn godets opening into a fluted hem, tailored by Armine in Slow Silk from Piedmont — the combination moves between the working day and the cultural occasion with complete ease. Two pieces that work as hard as the woman wearing them.

For the occasions she chooses — the private view, the dinner, the cultural moment, the room that takes note of what enters it.

Clémence Set

The Clémence is the collection's most intelligent piece — a Silk Crêpe de Chine set from Lombardia, hand-sewn with a gathered waist by Armine, designed to be worn together or apart. Which means it was designed twice. The jacket alone carries the day; the skirt alone carries the evening; worn together they carry everything in between. A set that belongs to more than one moment — and therefore earns its place in every wardrobe.

Isabella Jacket & Giulia Skirt

The Isabella Jacket in Obsidian Silk Taffeta from Milan — handcrafted by Lidia — is proposed here against a white Giulia Skirt, the contrast between the two deliberate and assured. The Taffeta has a surface depth that responds to light in a way that no other fabric in the selection does — present in one moment, receding in another. A pairing that carries the working day into its later hours without adjustment.

Sofia Jacket & Giulia Skirt

The Sofia Jacket has a sculpted waist and revealing neckline as the Ivory version. Paired with the Giulia Skirt in Obsidian Silk Satin from Como, handcrafted by Armine, the combination belongs entirely to the evening.

Solène Tunic Dress with Microskirt

The Soléne Tunic Dress in Silk Crêpe de Chine from Lombardia — hand-sewn by Armine, presented as a set with the Microskirt. The tunic's fluid line and the skirt's precise proportion hold the silhouette in careful balance — structure and ease in the same piece. A dress that can be worn as the Atelier intends, or taken apart and worn differently. The choice, as always, belongs to the woman wearing it.

Gemma Dress

The Gemma Mini Dress in Silk from Veneto — handcrafted by Francesca, Master Flou Tailor. Its opera bow is the detail that defines the silhouette — a gesture at once formal and entirely personal, the kind of construction detail that becomes the story of the dress. The mini length gives it a confidence the longer version does not have — it belongs entirely to the evening, and makes no concession to anything else.

It would be a privilege to welcome Mme Alexandra and present the Atelier's work in person. The Atelier looks forward to receiving her.

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Thank you for the opportunity to dress her client. It would be an honour to work together.

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To arrange a private appointment, please contact the Atelier concierge.

concierge@gallelloatelier.com

S. Gallello

The Atelier is based between Venice and Milan, specialising in couture tailoring and the preservation of traditional craft. Every element is executed by hand — from artisanal tailoring to embroidery, beadwork and corsetry, with traditional boning techniques. Never machine-led construction.

Dominic Gallello was couturier patternmaker to Monsieur Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent. His techniques, his devotion to craft, and the pieces he left as heirlooms to his granddaughter Stacey Gallello are the foundation of everything the Atelier creates today. The house exists to preserve that integrity — and to bring it forward.