A Night at the Atelier on December 31st
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">The
clock hits midnight. It is January , the atelier is unusually quiet.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">No
fittings. No music. No conversations layered over the sound of scissors and
sewing machines. Just space. And time. The kind of silence that only exists
when a year is ending and another is about to begin.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">The
mannequins stand still, dressed but unfinished, caught somewhere between what
was and what’s coming next. A gown waits patiently on one of them, its final
adjustments marked in chalk. Another one is hanged, its train carefully folded,
as if resting after a long season of fitting. These dresses have traveled. They
have moved through hands, cities, moments. But not tonight. Tonight, they
pause.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">On
the cutting tables, pins are left exactly where they were last placed. Fabric
rolls lean against the walls, edges slightly worn, ready to be unrolled again.
Sketches lie open, they’re not archived, not closed, but waiting. There’s no
sense of closure here. Only continuity.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">This
is how the House of Tony Ward ends the year: another kind of ‘quiet’ fireworks.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:small;font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Every
atelier has its rhythm. Tonight, this one breathes differently. It carries the
weight of a year filled with movement between collections shown, silhouettes
shaped, women stepping into pieces. It also carries anticipation. Because
couture never really stops. It simply pauses long enough to gather itself.</span></p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span>
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