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.

To mark its 20th year in business, Lafayette 148 harked back to its Nineties roots.

Lafayette 148’s spring 2016 collection was all about tranquility, rendered in a palette of mostly white and natural colors.

Almost 20 years after their debut as a New York-based indy start-up, the label continues to offer effortless style for busy, well-traveled women.

Asia was the main focus, so there were asymmetrical hems on blouses as well as origami and stitching details on dresses and belts.