Atelier Fashion Designs

Photographer: Doug Hansgate

“Owner Sebastiana Piras.  Sebastiana is a woman whose passion for fashion was passed down from many generations of Italian women.  Since coming here in 1993, Sebastiana has never missed a summer when she did not go back to Italy to see her family.  “I have to thank my mother for getting me into fashion.  She loves fashion too.”  As a young girl, growing up in Italy, her mother made her clothes, “After I grew up, I started to make clothes for my mother!”  Going back to Italy every summer refreshes her vision and her passion.  “There is so much there! Everyone in Italy dresses up. Everything is so beautiful and elaborate!  It really inspires me.””

- Excerpt from Buffalo Rising Magazine, written by Chao Li