Atelier Jolie Was Just the Beginning

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, MAY 10 brick and mortar [Atelier Jolie Was Just the Beginning]( The city is swimming in ateliers right now. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Fran Hoepfner Atelier Jolie is a [silly place]( on paper. When Angelina Jolie first [got the lease]( on Basquiat’s old studio on Great Jones, she introduced the venture as “a place to have fun. To create your own designs with freedom. To discover yourself.” Which, sure. All these months later, what’s happening inside seems to be part store, part café, and part adult-arts-and-crafts workshop, as though a traditional atelier and a WeWork had a baby. If you want to upcycle or futz with your clothing, you can do so there with all the equipment they have on hand for a flat fee. (Indeed, as I walked in, one person came in behind me with a pair of beat-up sneakers. “I’m hoping to paint these for a while,” he said, heading down to the basement.) If you want to buy something from [Jolie’s collaboration with the brand Chloé]( for an easy $4,000, you can do that, too. If you want to work on your laptop out of the back café, a well-lit little space full of actual books and sketch pads and a working piano, well, there’s room for that as well. After the kind security guard immediately ushered me past the clothing section (my budget wearing me, I guess), I ordered a cortado ($6) and sat and read for a bit. Customers wandered in and out muttering in French. On the wall sat a handful of kids’ drawings, charming and sloppy and colorful. The store was strangely unpretentious, quiet, and welcoming. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings A house built on top of an apartment building, and the best kitchen we’ve ever seen in a rental.]( By Nora DeLigter [Tiny Electric Trucks Are Coming to a Bike Lane Near You They’re part of New York City’s plan to use pedal power to get all those packages to your door.]( By John Surico [The Look Book Goes to a Pyramid Club Reunion In celebration of the new book “We Started a Nightclub,” former clubgoers gathered at their old East Village stomping ground for a homecoming.]( By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved