From Buffalo Rising:

The tiny jewel, Piras Fisher Atelier, sits serenely at 820 Elmwood Ave. The word “atelier” sometimes seems a bit pretentious to me, yet in this case, “a workshop or studio, used by an artist or designer,” perfectly describes this wonderful home to the designs of owner Sebastiana Piras.

She is both artist and designer.

Sebastiana brings a European flavor and feel to the shop that features her one-of-a-kind women’s designs. This is not European fashion translated through modern American media. These are clothes with Sebastiana’s distinct point of view, made by a woman whose passion truly is fashion. Current meets classic, with a twist.

From Traffic east:

Born and raised in Sardinia, Italy, Sebastiana Piras is living proof that a woman’s greatest power is born from her sense of self. To further that belief, Sebastiana embodies the notion that Style is what happens when Self is expressed. The clothing Piras creates in her tiny workshop is rich with her expression.

“My entire family now lives in Brescia, a town that comes between Verona and Milano,” Sebastiana explains, “but it’s Sardinia that you see in my fabrics, my clothing, everything.” Sebastiana is referring to her family’s countryside home where her father farmed artichokes, pomegranates, oranges, lemons, giant calla lilies, all framed by walls of stone and sprawling green pastures, her palette further informed by an endless blue sky that seemed to find no horizon. It’s those colors, the milky whites and brilliant oranges, the succulent reds and fertile greens that infiltrate Sebastiana’s silks and cottons, her woolens the color of stone and sky, or however else the elements happen to appear.

“All colors are beautiful and should be seen together, like in nature,” she says with an obvious shrug.