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Podcast: The Glossy Podcast
Episode: New York Fashion Week Edition: Lafayette 148’s Emily Smith – ‘We want to represent ourselves in our own way through our own stores’
Description: NYC-based luxury womenswear brand Lafayette 148 has earned a loyal, influential customer base in its 28-year history — many members of which turned out for the brand’s spring 2025 collection presentation in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood on Monday. Among recognizable attendees viewing the elegant, art-inspired designs were actresses Beanie Feldstein, Rachel Brosnahan and Karen Pittman, among others.A designer at the company for 22 years, starting as a design assistant, Emily Smith is now Lafayette 148’s creative director. As such, her work is largely fueling the brand’s fandom.“It’s women dressing women,” Smith said on the latest Glossy Pod...