Liberowe

Liberowe

Talia Loubaton started Liberowe in London after a trip to India left her fixated on the narrow-collared tailoring she saw there, and she built the label's first jacket, the Raja, from that memory. The jackets set the tone, and the dresses, tops and trousers keep the same structure in softer fabrics.

The Jackets That Started It

Liberowe opens with jackets because that is where designer Talia Loubaton actually started. Raised in Paris, she moved to London to study knitwear at Central Saint Martins, then worked at Alexander McQueen before a trip to India left her fixated on the precision of narrow-collared tailoring. That trip produced the Raja wool-blend tweed jacket, still the clearest statement of the label's discipline, structured enough to stand on its own with sculpted shoulders and a peplum waist. Loubaton took her first orders out of a notebook before the label grew into a real business.

The Cotton-velvet peplum jacket and the Alexander brushed wool and cashmere-blend blazer carry that same shaping into softer or more relaxed cloth. The Hourglass double-breasted coat stretches the shaping into outerwear, with velour trim softening what would otherwise read as rigid. Read together, the jackets set the terms for everything else in the collection.

Silk With A Little Drama

The evening dresses carry the same tension between structure and movement that defines the jackets, translated here into silk chiffon and chenille. The Wren Lurex chenille maxi dress is the most literal expression of that shine, catching light without adding embellishment. The Leighton plissé midi dress works the opposite way, using pleats instead of sheen to hold its shape. The Nina tiered silk-chiffon maxi dress and the Aubrey floral-print silk-chiffon gown keep gathered waists and long lines that make the drama considered rather than theatrical. Nothing here is a shy dress, but nothing overreaches either.

Softness, Precisely Tailored

Loubaton's time studying knitwear at Central Saint Martins shows up most clearly in the tops, where cotton, silk and wool are treated as shape-making tools rather than backdrops for a print. The Nisha silk-jacquard shirt uses a rigid, structured cloth to hold a blouse silhouette that would otherwise collapse. The Tamara silk-chiffon peplum blouse does the opposite, letting a soft fabric fake structure through a peplum rather than a stiff weave. The Charlotte striped wool-gabardine blouse and the Elora cut-out Lurex chenille blouse round out the range at either end of that spectrum. Cut-outs and gathered waists do the rest of the styling work across the group.

The Polished Lower Half

Trousers and skirts are the grounding pieces here, built to anchor the more decorative jackets and blouses above them. The Mika pleated wool straight-leg pants keep the tailoring language going below the waist, with pleats doing the same structural work as the jacket shoulders. The Silk-jacquard wide-leg pants swap that crispness for drape, letting the fabric itself set the line rather than a seam. The Vera wool-blend tweed mini skirt and the Ingrid Lurex chenille midi skirt bring texture back into the mix in a shorter length. Start with the waist and rise on any of these, since Liberowe's proportions are built to be noticed from the side as much as the front.

Begin With One Structured Piece

Liberowe is for someone who wants tailoring to feel personal rather than corporate, and the jackets are still where that idea is easiest to see. The Compton wool jacket and the Alexander blazer both hold their shape without reading stiff, which is the whole argument for the label Loubaton built after that trip to India. The more ornate dresses ask for a real occasion and a willingness to let the clothes lead, so they reward patience rather than daily wear. Skirts and trousers exist mainly to support the pieces above them, not to compete with them. The tops are the easiest way into the house language for anyone unsure where to start. Begin with one structured piece, jacket or trouser, and keep everything else around it simple.