Olivia Ponton’s Front Row Style Masterclass at Marc Jacobs Spring 2026
Olivia Ponton cemented her status as fashion’s most reliably chic front-row fixture Monday evening, arriving at Marc Jacobs’ Spring 2026 ready-to-wear presentation at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in a look that perfectly captured the designer’s talent for transforming signature motifs into wearable art.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alumna selected Marc Jacobs’ black Daisy Heel sandal, an ingenious design that translates the brand’s most iconic fragrance imagery into footwear architecture. The open-toe style features slim leather straps and a sharply squared toe, wrapping the foot in three narrow buckled bands complemented by a high ankle strap adorned with a dangling silver star charm. The true genius lies in the curved 100mm heel, which balances atop a metallic ring shaped like a daisy—Jacobs’ distinctive “balloon” heel detail that encircles the shoe’s base.
This footwear choice extends the designer’s Daisy legacy, which began with the 2007 fragrance launch featuring bottles topped with oversized white flowers. That floral motif has since spawned numerous flankers and remains fundamental to the brand’s beauty division. Now reimagined as a structural element circling the heel rather than adorning the upper, the daisy demonstrates Jacobs’ ability to evolve his vocabulary across product categories.
Ponton paired the sandals with a white Marc Jacobs babydoll minidress—an A-line silhouette featuring a scalloped V-neck collar traced in layered petals with subtle embroidery and tonal edging. A delicate bow adorned the front, while the overall effect channeled romantic femininity without veering into saccharine territory. She carried a structured black top-handle bag with silver hardware echoing the shoes’ metallic accents, completing the ensemble with a white pedicure and simple hoop earrings that allowed the clothing to command attention.
The appearance marked Ponton’s second foray into nostalgia-driven footwear within days. Earlier that weekend at EA Sports’ Madden Bowl in San Francisco, she embraced early-2010s aesthetics in a black strapless minidress paired with Tom Ford’s Paradise Buckle sandals—knee-high gladiator styles constructed from cutout straps and multiple buckles that first gained prominence mid-2010s and continue in metallic and suede iterations.
Inside the Armory, Jacobs’ collection followed show notes headed “Memory. Loss.,” framing memories as “both bittersweet and beautiful” and “a faculty of purpose influencing current and future actions.” Ponton’s refined elegance contrasted beautifully with fellow front-row attendees Julia Fox’s towering white lace-up platform boots and Nicky Hilton’s sky-high Aquazzura platforms, creating a compelling tableau of contemporary fashion’s diverse aesthetic possibilities.
