Despite having a closet full of archival fashion—including, famously, a few pieces from Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s own iconic wardrobe—Sarah Staudinger loves actually wearing the clothes she designs. That means that when she’s working on a new collection, she makes things that are, above all, true to her own style—minimal with a flair for fun.

For resort, she showed wardrobe essentials like puffer jackets and basic tanks, but look closely and things are suddenly not so simple anymore. A detachable scarf on the jacket can be worn in a multitude of ways (including as a mini skirt!), while the tank features a sheer mushroom motif, which matches her new bag of the season, in the shape of the fungi. Further keeping things easy, Staudinger zeroed-in on wrinkle-proof vacation wear, like pleated

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