Haute Couture Atelier EVA DEVECSERY Custom Made Blouse Excellent Condition

Haute Couture Atelier EVA DEVECSERY Custom Made Blouse Excellent Condition Asymmetrical neckline & hem 3/4 sleeves Size m/large see pics for measurements Atelier Eva Devecsery 201 East 61st Street, No. 1 (212-751-6091); by appointment only In a sunny room filled with gilt-covered furniture and plants that look the slightest bit anemic, Eva Devecsery, a self-described "little old lady," runs a thrummingly busy workshop. She employs two master tailors and three dressmakers to run up daytime suits and evening gowns for ladies d'un certain cash flow, whom she is far too discreet to name. Devecsery does the fittings herself and will make nearly anything new, or re-create anything old: a wedding dress, prom gowns, trousers, even a suit based on a photograph torn from a 1952 Vogue. The studio is filled with books of fabric swatches, or you may supply your own, though Devecsery may tell you it won't do. If need be, her daughter-in-law and partner, Sandra Bors, will seour the garment district for the proper tweed, silk, or double knit. Four decades ago in Hungary, Eva Devecsery was not only an expert couturier but also a weaver, because, as she puts it, "we had to do everything... we didn't even have fabric." These days, the charming Ms. Devecsery plies the needle for a rarefied clientele. (On one visit, we heard her pick up the phone and say, "Hello, Princess" —and it wasn't a nickname.) She presides over a team of the city's most nimble-fingered atelier of specialists.