Sarah Staudinger’s two biggest seasons are her pre collections. Hence she labels her pre-fall collection the “Summer of Staud.” “The spring 2027 season essentially lives in the slash. It lives in the space between,” the designer explained. “We’ve been describing this collection internally as up/down, east/west, here/there, then/now. The up/down is how she really dresses: evening is not necessarily evening and the day is not simply day.” Many of these notions were styled throughout the collection. Duchess satin gowns were worn with loafers and sandals and accessorized with a raffia hat rather…