60 Seconds With the Couture Founder Bringing 1950s Craftsmanship Back to Everyday Life

Stacey Gallello is the founder of Gallello Atelier, a couture house built on a radical idea: that the craft of the 1950s couture atelier belongs not just in evening wear and special occasions, but in everyday life. Gallello Atelier is on a mission to bring couture craftsmanship back to the modern wardrobe and keep the art of the couturier, the tailor, and the seamstress alive in the process.

In this episode, Méline speaks with Stacey inside Harrods to talk creativity, identity, and the daily habits that keep her performing at the highest level as both a founder and a mother of two.

She explains:
◼ Why couture belongs in the everyday wardrobe, not just on the red carpet
◼ How maintaining her routine through pregnancy kept her identity and creativity intact
◼ Why intermittent fasting, grass-fed beef, and local farm produce are central to her daily life
◼ How old films are her number one source of creative inspiration
◼ Why spending time with family is the most powerful investment she makes in herself

0:00 Intro
0:09 What Gallello Atelier Stands For and Why Couture Belongs in Everyday Life
0:49 How She Maintains Top Performance as a Founder and a Mother
1:16 Why She Kept Her Full Routine Through Pregnancy and After Birth
2:02 The Diet That Keeps Her Going: Intermittent Fasting and Grass-Fed Beef
2:29 How Old Films Fuel Her Creativity and the One She Recommends Most

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:03

Could you tell us a little bit about the Galileo Atelier and what you believe and stand for?

SPEAKER_00 0:09

The Atelier is a return to the 1950s Couture Atelier. We employ Katour craftsmanship in service to wardrobing products. So we believe in returning couture to the wardrobe, not just for occasion. Whereas that craft has been reserved for beautiful gowns and evening wear. But when it's only for one part of our life, we lose that craftsmanship and those tailors over time. So it's very important to us that we return couture to the woman's wardrobe in the modern day so that career as a catourier tailor or seamstress can continue to persist in the modern landscape of fashion today.

SPEAKER_01 0:48

What is your day-to-day longevity routine that you do to keep your top performers every day?

SPEAKER_00 0:54

I'm an entrepreneur and I'm also a mom to two small kids. I guess what drives investing in my longevity is that connection I have with my children every day and making sure I spend time with them is so so important to me. Taking time to spend with my family is really investing back into myself and what fills my cup.

SPEAKER_01 1:15

I remember we meet each other even during your pregnancy. What I really get inspired is you are able to get back to your work and get back to your creativity immediately.

SPEAKER_00 1:25

So I think that when you're pregnant and you have children, it's so easy for your life to not become about you anymore. You can lose yourself a bit in the process. And I really try to maintain my routine, maintain my own identity. I kept up my same routine throughout my pregnancy and after I gave birth to Charlotte with healthy eating and exercise every day. It's important to rest, but I think it's also important to maintain that sense of identity and self and to keep going with your uh daily routine. I'm also someone who's very anemic, so I eat a lot of red meat. I really like it. I actually buy my meat from a local farm. I live in the countryside, and I fat intermittent fast. So I finish dinner at 6 and then I won't eat again until 12 or 1 the next day, and I will have uh like grass-fed organic beef with a green vegetable and also potatoes, and then I will have the same exact thing for dinner.

SPEAKER_01 2:29

How do you stay in the flow of creativity?

SPEAKER_00 2:31

So for me, my creativity comes from old films. So every photo shoot and campaign I do is inspired by an old film, and for me, that's my number one source of inspiration. What will be that old film you could recommend? So it would probably be the film that we used for our most recent campaign, Entredue, is the Thomas Crown Affair from 1968 with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway.

SPEAKER_01 2:54

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