Veronica Beard is willing to bet that the boho craze will be alive and well come spring 2026. Veronica Miele Beard and Veronica Swanson Beard are all in on ’70s paisley prints, flouncy ruffled minidresses, dainty lace, and ultra-flared jeans.
The offering is a full 180 from last season’s American sportswear emphasis, and a departure from the brand’s structured tailoring. “It’s a change for us, certainly in the overt femininity,” Swanson Beard said. “We’ve always gone a little bit more power dressing, tailoring-heavy, strong shoulder. I think what’s really pretty is the ease and femininity in this collection from a silhouette perspective.” While it is a freer offering for the sisters-in-law, the brand’s DNA is still there: a rust brown and blue striped three-piece set is a particular standout, while a a pair of crisp trousers is cut in a delicate eyelet.
The most exciting component of the collection is a new roster of contributors: the team’s student interns. The brand partnered with the Council of Fashion Designers of America to create the Veronica Beard x CFDA Creative Futures Scholarship. Four college juniors spent the summer interning at the brand across departments (including knitwear, soft wovens, tailoring, and denim) and were each granted $50,000 to help fund their independent design careers. By summer’s end, the students were able to see their work evolve from a sketch to pieces in the spring 2026 collection, including a pair of embellished jeans and a peach cowl-neck slip.
For the Veronicas, it was a full-circle moment, and a reminder of how far they’ve come as a brand. “We were CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists at one point in our lives,” Miele Beard said. “To flip it around and be a brand that [students] could work toward was iconic.”
