The Vibe :
⊹ Duchess satin goes casual with raffia hats, sandals and a zebra tote.
⊹ Patchwork beading and macramé add texture to Sarah Staudinger’s mixed-up spring wardrobe.
⊹ A beaded lizard handbag brings a literal creature feature to the accessories.
Staud has a Spring 2027 solution for the evening dress that spends too much time waiting for an invitation: put it with sandals. Sarah Staudinger styles a white strapless duchess satin gown with a raffia hat and zebra Port tote, giving the polished fabric an unexpectedly casual supporting cast. It is a useful introduction to the label’s sense of humor. Here, a beautiful dress can handle a practical bag, and getting dressed up leaves plenty of room to play.
Staudinger describes the season as living in the spaces between, and the outfits make that idea tangible. A green duchess satin skirt meets a plain white tank, mismatched sandals and a beaded handbag called “Leonard the lizard.” The animal accessory earns its place beside all that glossy fabric. Elsewhere, a strapless top and skirt gather the season’s prints into patchwork beading. Linen dresses and macramé-hemmed layers keep the textures moving between dressed-up and beach-adjacent without assigning either a strict time slot.
Outerwear adds another set of unexpected pairings. An ivory leather moto jacket sits over a blue ombré suede skirt, while the opening coat shares its leather and ombré treatment with an oversized Maude tote. That connection between bag and jacket gives the accessories a bigger role in the outfit. The footwear gets equally playful: rubberized thong sandals have leather soles and contrasting heels, and a printed Moon Boot collaboration takes the spring wardrobe somewhere considerably colder.
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Brand DNA
Founded in Los Angeles in 2015 by Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto, STAUD brings playful California polish to modern womenswear. Feminine dresses, bold bags, sculpted silhouettes, vivid color, and retro references define its cool-girl identity.
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