Fall marked Lafayette 148’s strongest collection to date, offering up luxury appeal to a broader, younger audience.

Artful sensibilities wound their way through creative director Emily Smith’s collection offerings.

Creative director Emily Smith looked to images of Sixties socialites Lee Radziwill, Babe Paley and Gloria Guiness to inject a more feminine feel Lafayette148’s easy luxury spring lineup.

A Seventies thread derived from watching recent movies on Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Creative director Emily Smith eschewed a seasonal inspiration and focused on great design, luxe fabrications and novelty touches.

Creative director Emily Smith’s formula for pre-fall was a little bit American southwest mixed with the work of light and space artist James Turrell.

Smith hit a sweet spot with feminine, updated takes on wardrobe staples that featured an overall sense of ease and relaxation.

Emily Smith has injected the brand with a sense of polished ease, balancing staples against approachable fashion-driven statements.

There was a bigger embrace of pattern play and loosely cut silhouettes.

Vienna Secession and the Bauhaus School informed the collection’s balance of graphic prints, linear lines and overall relaxed undertone.

The fashion message was black-and-white gingham.

A rich, autumn palette and textural fabrics was the ideal formula for fall at Lafayette 148.

The collection was a mix of cold weather and tropical fare.

Tropical motifs and airy fabrics took the collection on a trip to Fifties Cuba.

The collection had a sense of ease and fluidity, making it an ideal fit for a global traveler.