CHRISTINE
BARANSKI
Over five decades on stage and screen, the Emmy and two-time Tony Award winner has made portraying formidable women her signature. Her own approach to style reflects that same sense of self: sophisticated, confident and quietly elegant.
WYNA
LIU
As editor of Connections at The New York Times, she turned a new kind of word game into a daily ritual around the world, bringing a playful, unexpected perspective to the institution’s storied puzzle tradition.
DEBORAH
BERKE
One of architecture’s leading voices and the first woman Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, she has spent more than four decades bringing a distinctly human point of view to design, where purpose, beauty and attention to detail are inseparable.
PHYLLIS
KAO
At the Sotheby’s rostrum, the auctioneer has built a commanding presence, presiding over record-breaking sales with an unmistakable character. What she wears is part of the performance—a visual language that communicates before she even speaks.
MISSY
ROBBINS
One of New York City’s most celebrated chefs, the James Beard Award winner has perfected a style of cooking distinctly her own. That same confidence defines her personal uniform: breaking from convention to dress on her own terms.
LAURA
RILEY
A nationally recognized maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Laura Riley leads obstetrics and gynecology at one of New York City’s foremost academic medical institutions. Her exacting approach carries through to her personal style: polished, purposeful and always put together.
SHANTA
THAKE
As Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center, Shanta Thake shapes the artistic vision of one of New York City’s defining cultural institutions, bringing artists and audiences together across its stages and public spaces.
SOPHIE
DE RAKOFF
Her costume design has created some of film and television’s most recognizable characters, from Legally Blonde to The Morning Show. She has made storytelling through clothes her signature, with wardrobes inseparable from the characters who wear them.
Longtime Lafayette 148 collaborator Sophie De Rakoff styled the project, approaching each woman as she would a character—considering who she is, how she moves through the world and the pieces that feel inherently her own.
Each women wears an icon of the House from the crisp white shirt and an expertly tailored suit to a soft cashmere knit and impeccably crafted double face jacket.