L148 Spring 2023

Drawing inspiration from the famous West Chelsea paper shops as well as the printing presses formerly housed at Lafayette 148’s namesake SoHo address, Creative Director Emily Smith designed a Spring collection presenting exquisitely constructed garments that emulate the ethereal and poetic qualities of paper in its myriad forms. The House’s longstanding expertise in fabrication is taken to new levels of sophistication, from the pastel translucence of silkpapier de soiein airy tailoring to the deeply textural craft paper imagined as tactile separates.