Lafayette 148 New York Resort 2023

What we wear in our early adulthood tends to imprint itself in our style DNA. Once a ’90s minimalist, always a ’90s minimalist. That’s Lafayette 148’s Emily Smith to a tee, and she’s tapping into her roots—and the brand’s, it was founded in mid-’90s New York—for resort. There’s a direct throughline from the runways of that time with their cool, clean, and architectural silhouettes to the strapless columns worn over matching pants and neoprene platforms in this lookbook. A pantsuit with a lapelless jacket and slouchy trousers is similarly streamlined, and the denim comes in the soft fades and shapes of treasured vintage Levi’s.