Veronica Beard has spent a few seasons easing back into femininity, first with prairie-ready pieces and then ladylike tweed skirt suits. Spring 2027, called The Secret Garden, is the furthest it has gone. "We're really leaning back into a lot of mega femininity season," said Veronica Swanson Beard.

The motif is multicolored flowers on a creeping vine, and the Veronicas avoided the obvious road. Floral showed up in about one in five looks, and my favorite version was a blurry, watercolor-style print on a boxy jacket with a slightly utilitarian shape. That is my kind of flower: soft print, practical cut.

A black floral jacquard maxi dress played the same game from a grungier angle, and a white blazer with Bermuda shorts kept things from turning too sweet. Jackets are the way into this collection, so that is where I begin.

Matching sets were the heroes for me. One was a cropped nude jacket with a pencil skirt in oversized floral lace. Another was a boudoir-style teal tank trimmed in lace, worn over satin pants. But my favorite was a gradient pointelle set in pink, white and green, with a bohemian bell-sleeve top and a midi skirt.

The sisters-in-law credited that look to an intern from their own scholarship program with the CFDA. I love that the least expected piece was also the sweetest, and it was a smart way to bring in a younger point of view.

The dresses stay a little undone in the same spirit, soft rather than sugary. Flower corsages appeared in only a handful of looks, and bags in a handful too. The beaded bag, though, will surely be a favorite with wedding guests.

Here is the thing about a femme season: it is not all skirts and dresses. Trousers appeared in about half of the looks, which tells me the Veronicas know their customer wants options. Belts showed up in nearly a third of the looks, and they pull a floaty silhouette into shape.

The denim idea is my favorite bit of trickery. They love novelty denim, so this time they made a floaty trompe l'oeil version: a glossy organza that mirrors a chambray shirt and jeans, and they gave a black set the same diaphanous brief. I find the trousers the most grown-up part of the garden.

I think I came for the flowers and stayed for the clothes that carry them lightly. I would wear a boxy watercolor-print jacket over flared pants, belted, with a piece of Lucite jewelry, and maybe a flower corsage pinned on for good measure.

Long after the show, what I remember is the gradient pointelle set, credited to an intern from the scholarship program. The sisters-in-law bringing a younger point of view into their own collection is the part of this show I trust most.