"Since Africa, my sense of color has not been the same after seeing how Mother Nature made grass such a lush green and the sky a sensual blue. I was so overwhelmed that I wanted to bottle it and bring it back home with me" -Edward Wilkerson.

Designer Edward Wilkerson fuses his love for color and balancement with his talent for design through his label Lafayette 148. His collections are classy and streamline and his current collection seems to capture the essence of a chic traveling abroad type of woman! His eye for balancing color is amazing and as you can see from the video he captures his love for traveling abroad throughout his studio. Wouldn't you just love to be sitting behind that desk in a sunlit room sketching up beautiful clothes with candles lit and beautiful photographs surrounding you that you took while globe trotting the world...aaah creative space at its best! You can shop for his pieces in his online boutique, as well as high end stores like Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue, and Nordstrom.

"Although the continent of Africa served as a sanctuary of rebirth for Edward, his formative years were spent in New York City. Influenced by his mother's immaculate sense of style, Edward decided at the age of 10 that he wanted to become a fashion designer. While other children in his neighborhood played outside, Edward surrounded himself with delicate and colorful fabrics, studied how clothing defined the body, and dreamt of designing couture clothing for some of the world's most stylish women.

Edward graduated from the high school of Art and Design in Manhattan and won acceptance into the prestigious Parsons School of Design. By 1984 Edward was a designer with Anne Klein & Co., where he assisted Donna Karan and Louis del O'lio. Edward then moved on to the chic design house of Calvin Klein, where he worked directly with the designer for more than three years. It seemed that Edward's career had come full circle when he accepted the position of designer with Donna Karan for the Donna Karan Collection." -lafayette148.com