{"id":119,"date":"2026-10-30T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/?p=119"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:41:05","slug":"lafayette-148-fetes-30th-anniversary-with-harrods-at-tate-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette 148 Fetes 30th Anniversary with Harrods at Tate Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: <\/strong>American luxury brand Lafayette 148 on Thursday night celebrated three decades of New York design with an intimate dinner at Tate Britain, bringing together the launch of the brand\u2019s fall 2026 collection, Harrods VIC clients and a private tour of \u201cThe 90s: Art and Fashion,\u201d curated by Edward Enninful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFounded in SoHo, Lafayette 148 has built its identity around refinement that evolves with the times. The fall 2026 collection, celebrating its 30th anniversary, looks back to those beginnings while reaffirming the brand\u2019s enduring design philosophy: considered, modern dressing shaped by craft and ease.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:768px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/768)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-006.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"Charlotte-Rose Smith\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-006.jpg?w=2048 4125w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-006.jpg?resize=113,150 113w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-006.jpg?resize=225,300 225w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"768\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">Charlotte-Rose Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-secondary-regular-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-font-size-11 lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Courtesy<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBringing the milestone celebration across the pond, the night began with a tour of the \u201990s exhibition led by Lafayette 148 creative director Emily Smith, with guests including British artist Charlotte-Rose Smith, Emma-Jayne Knight, head of retail at Harrods, and stylist Yana McKillop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe show looks back at the period when John Galliano, Hussein Chalayan and Alexander McQueen were shaking up the London runways; Manchester\u2019s Ha\u00e7ienda club was a world capital of music, and Charles Saatchi was fueling the careers of Young British Artists including Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Sam Taylor-Johnson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:683px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/683)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-054-1.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-054-1.jpg?w=2048 3667w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-054-1.jpg?resize=100,150 100w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lafayette148EventxHarrods@TateBritain-054-1.jpg?resize=200,300 200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">Yana McKillop (right) with a guest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLafayette 148 said the exhibition offered a fitting backdrop for a collection that draws on the decade\u2019s cultural influence while expressing the brand\u2019s own perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe dinner also underscored Lafayette 148\u2019s growing international presence. The brand launched at Harrods at the end of August last year with a space on the first floor in the women\u2019s international designer room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI love that our partnership with Harrods allows us to share our New York perspective with women from all over the world. Fashion is so personal, and the opportunity for more women to discover our collections and make them their own is incredibly exciting,\u201d said Emily Smith, creative director of Lafayette 148.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBringing everyone together at Tate Britain, with an exhibition that takes us back to the era when Lafayette 148 began, made the evening feel especially meaningful,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: American luxury brand Lafayette 148 on Thursday night celebrated three decades of New York design with an intimate dinner at Tate Britain, bringing together the launch of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}