With her resort 2025 collection, Sarah Staudinger has fine-tuned the balance between her minimal and quirky tendencies. The designer, who was once known for bold prints, all-over beaded pieces, and colorful bags, has recently been exploring a quieter, more understated approach full of muted neutrals and soft pastels. Now, it seems the fun is slowly returning to her world.
Staudinger has recently taken up ceramics (she showed us ceramic versions of her famous bags that are not for sale… yet), and during a virtual tour of the 1920s restored greenhouse that she’s converted into her studio, the designer showed off her favorite things, including the stained glass windows, her flowers, and the way the sunlight shines through the roof. “I am not a rain or an overcast person, I like the sun,” she said. “But sitting in this space, I have a newfound love for it; and a lot of the colors that I surrounded myself with in this place inspired a lot of the collection.”
She took the feeling of raindrops falling down the glass on gloomy days and turned it into transparent gray and blue paillette skirts styled with cozy knit sweaters. Elsewhere, a gingham print was modeled on the aprons and tablecloths she uses in her ceramics making. Evening wear continues to be one of the brand’s biggest sellers, and for resort, Staudinger offered wrinkle-proof, skin-tight jersey gowns with her signature moon emblem adoring the waist. They came in a tightly edited palette of black, white, and brown.
The designer also explored prints, with a French-inspired “ladies in waiting” bias-cut skirt that she paired with a cashmere knit tee for that balance of high-low dressing. Floral embroidered brocade coats were worn open to showcase the baby blue Staud swim bottoms. In Staudinger’s world, the “Summer of Staud” never ends…even in December.
