Stacey Bendet's spring/summer season 2026 Alice + Olivia assortment was an All-American dream.
The Alice + Olivia present showcased Bendet's “highly effective ladies” power, with comedian book-inspired clothes, American flags, attractive floral prints, stylish tennis garments and extra.
Held on the Surrogate's Courtroom throughout New York Vogue Week on Saturday, September 13, stars together with Nicky Hilton, Brooks Nader, Grace Ann Nader, Sarah Jane Nader, Mary Holland Nader, Sarah Pidgeon and Ashlee Simpson got here out to see the fabulous fashion-forward presentation.
Contained in the venue, Bendet, 46, completely opened as much as Us Weekly about her inspiration behind the road, sharing that she was designing for “American ladies.”
The designer mentioned she hopes that “all highly effective ladies” need to be seen in items from her assortment. “I would like ladies in politics. I would like medical doctors, I would like legal professionals. It's not nearly actresses and influencers. To me, it's actually about ladies who characterize America [and] American tradition.”

Bendet added that she targeted on updating “conventional American sportsware” for the road, reviving classic types together with her personal private contact. She designed “a trench coat, however the entire backside is organza,” a see-through material. “Or a cargo pant, however it's sheer.”

“I wished to do one thing that mirrored on tradition and even business over time,” she defined to Us.
Bendet additionally defined that she and her buddy Lauren Sánchez, who just lately tied the knot with Jeff Bezos in June, agreed that the venue wanted to recreate a classic Vogue photograph shoot during which fashions posed in a Gilded Age room.

“I used to be watching this set, attempting to determine what to create within the Corridor of Information underneath the staircase,” she mentioned.. “And after I noticed that picture, it was this magical second. I used to be like, ‘Are you studying my thoughts?' We recreated the set.”
Bendet's daughters additionally attended the present, and her eldest, Eloise, 17, even posed with Brooks, 29, and her Love Thy Nader star sisters on the step-and-repeat. Bendet quipped to Us that her little ones are lastly “on the age the place they're beginning to assume [she's] cool.” (Bendet can be the mother of Scarlet Eisner, 14, and Athena Belle Eisner, 5, whom she shares with husband Eric Eisner.)
“My oldest daughter would solely put on horseback driving garments,” Bendet mentioned. “We posted a humorous video of her attempting to stroll in heels. She's stunningly lovely, however I feel it's so charming that she walks like she's on a horse.”
As I (assistant editor Grace Riley) took within the presentation, I wore Alice + Olivia's Gorgeous Corduroy Jumpsuit in brown. I styled the look with a protracted, slicked-back updo, courtesy of movie star hairstylist Mia Santiago and RPZL Salon's ponytail hair extensions.
