Leah Huntsinger is the founder of Atelier Q, a creative
alterations studio located in the Lower East Side. Founded in
2018 to provide alterations and creative sewing services for the
queer, GNC and transgender communities. We serve everyone, but we
center the marginalized. Before this, she was employed
by Christy Rilling
Studio, a high profile tailoring and custom design
Atelier/Agency and a costume technician for the New York City
Ballet.
Leah Huntsinger, Design ’04, visited the White House on October
8th, 2014 with her employer, Christy Rilling Studio, a high
profile tailoring and custom design Atelier/Agency. As part of
her job, Leah works with celebrities, fashion magazines and
production companies, fitting and tailoring clothes for events,
advertisements and editorials. According to Leah, “we work with
Vogue a lot, and I’ve done shoots with Glamour and WSJ magazine.
I travelled in July with Tonne Goodman, of Vogue, to shoot
October’s cover and photo spread of Reese Witherspoon in
Nashville.
