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Lyonne

Quiet luxury with a subversive streak, made to outlast trends

The back of a white Lyonne sweatshirt with the red wordmark, worn by a model with tousled blonde hair, beside a panel of textured glass

Brand identity for Lyonne, a fashion label: the merged NN wordmark and monogram, a Rosewood and Onyx system with hairline serif taglines, charged campaign photography, apparel prints, stationery, packaging and a numbered lookbook.

LYONNE

Not made to stand out. Made to belong.

Model in deep red gel light with a blue light bar across the eyes and chain earrings, the white Lyonne wordmark centered

The tension

Composed until it isn't

Lyonne is understated luxury built on restraint. A geometric wordmark whose two N letterforms merge into one diagonal, oxblood Rosewood on folders, cards and prints, hairline serif taglines. Then the photography deliberately loosens: red gel, a light bar across the eyes, motion blur, a sculpted marble hand with crystal nails. That tension between a calm system and charged imagery is the brand.

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“We sketch, erase, rework, until a piece finally feels balanced.”

From the Lyonne manifesto
Light editorial spread: a freckled model with pale blue eyeliner and a seated denim look, the bright red Lyonne wordmark running across both photographs

The campaign, numbered

The lookbook files the charged side of the brand like an archive, red gel editorials numbered 01 to 04 between quiet garment details. The system keeps its composure while the imagery runs hot, which is exactly the balance the label sells.

Numbered lookbook grid on black: red gel editorial shots 01 to 04 mixed with apparel details of the Lyonne chest and hood prints

Made To Outlast Trends

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