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Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
COACH INTRODUCES FALL 2025 COLLECTION WITH RUNWAY SHOW AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Coach debuted its Fall 2025 collection with a runway show held at the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York City's Upper East Side. The latest evolution of Creative Director Stuart Vevers' vision of American classics as interpreted by today's generation, the presentation underscored Coach's continued commitment to redefining heritage pieces and championing self-expression and community. "My vision for Fall was to ground the collection in all the things that make Coach so distinct as a fashion house: our heritage materials and palette, our commitment to repurposing and "re-loving" secondhand garments through craft, and our belief in the power of community and self-expression," said Vevers. "There's a clear, cohesive idea here in terms of materials, silhouette and styling, and that comes from knowing who we are and what we stand for." Inspired by the appeal of found and love-worn pieces that reflect the personality of the wearer, Fall 2025 is defined by a consistent silhouette anchored in oversized pants in denim, moleskin and suiting fabric and balanced by relatively shrunken T-shirts, sweatshirts, knits and jackets. The color palette hews closely to classic Coach tones of rich tan and slightly faded black, with added color coming from the materials themselves: mélange jersey, light-wash denim, and pops of novelty in leopard print, metallic knits and beading. Outerwear featured a collection of cropped and shrunken bomber jackets, some made from repurposed garments, as well as floor-dusting trench coats in shearling and leather, duffle coats, peacoats and a faux leopard fur coat. There were a variety of argyle and Lurex knits, as well as tailoring elements in blazers and vests with cropped and skewed proportions. Inspired by the relaxed day dresses of the 1920s, the collection included dresses in shift, tank and drop-pleated styles, as well as a selection of dresses made from vintage negligees and vintage beaded gowns. More comforting, cozy elements of the collection included washed and worn-in T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, and fuzzy footwear designed to recall love-worn children's slippers. Every look was grounded by a pair of skate-inspired, ultra-baggy pants, which pooled at the ankle for an effect both casual and elegant. All of the jeans in the presentation were crafted from repurposed secondhand denim, an American heritage material the house continues to explore and evolve through the lens of sustainability. In leathergoods, the Fall 2025 collection marked the runway debut of the Twin Pocket Bag, inspired by a Coach archive piece from 1968. The collection also featured the return of the Brooklyn and Empire bags, now in more playful and compact proportions. All three bags were rendered in vegetable tanned leather, in a new house treatment called Loved Leather, and in shearling, with some featuring a hand-painted graffiti treatment. While most bags appeared in classic Coach colors like toffee, chestnut and maple, the Bleecker Bucket Bag, another new archive-inspired style, added a pop of color, while the Times Square Tabby, created using the elements of beaded vintage satin bags, added some shine. For its second season, the Soho Sneaker was a fixture on the runway in a curation of new finishes including Loved Leather, silver suede and leopard print. Conceived as a canvas for self-expression, the Soho Sneaker is designed so that every scuff, color choice and customization can help reflect the personality of the wearer, and is accompanied by a selection of charms, including poms-poms, jeweled bows and small shearling stuffed animals, lovingly made by hand and full of character. Footwear also featured stuffed animal slippers with the same playful inspiration, as well as block-heeled loafers, a buckle boot and kitten-heel sandals. Looks were completed with playful toolbox-inspired jewelry in the shape of screwdrivers and wingnuts, personalized nameplate necklaces and brightly colored statement sunglasses. Guests at the show were ushered through the entryway of the Park Avenue Armory and into the historic Drill Hall, which had been transformed into an intimate, evocative space through atmospheric lighting and printed fabric surrounds designed to recreate a dreamlike industrial interior. The models circulated throughout the space while in the center of the room Brooklyn-based indie pop band Nation of Language provided a live soundtrack to the show, featuring their original song "A Word & a Wave." DOWNLOAD LINKS:RUNWAY IMAGES (Isidore Montag)RUNWAY DETAILS (Isidore Montag) FRONT ROW / ARRIVALS (BFA IMAGES)FIRST LOOKS (BFA IMAGES)BEAUTY (BFA IMAGES) RUNWAY VIDEO (B LIVE) COLLECTION NOTES SHOW CREDITS: STYLIST: OLIVIER RIZZOSET DESIGNER: STEFAN BECKMANMUSIC: FABRIZIO MORETTIMUSICIANS: NATION OF LANGUAGECASTING: ASHLEY BROKAWHAIR: GUIDOMAKEUP: DAME PAT MCGRATHNAILS: NAOMI YASUDALIGHTING DESIGN: NICK GRAY, RENEGADE DESIGNLIGHTING PRODUCTION: 4WALLAUDIO: ADI WORLDWIDEVIDEO: B LIVEPHOTOGRAPHY: ISIDORE MONTAGEXECUTIVE PRODUCTION, FASHION SERVICES & MEDIA RELATIONS: KCD About CoachCoach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of its hometown, the brand makes beautiful things, craft to last—for you to be yourself in. Coach is a Tapestry, Inc. brand. Tapestry is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TPR. 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The Guardian
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Coach's Stuart Vevers puts Gen Z on the catwalk at New York fashion week
The models on the Coach catwalk could have walked straight off the New York street outside the venue. Men and women alike wore shrunken T-shirts and silver earrings, handbags jammed under one arm like a skateboard as they loped along, baggy jeans dragging over scuffed trainers. To make fashion that speaks to the moment, 'you have to talk to the younger generation,' said designer Stuart Vevers after the show. 'Actually, it's not about talking to them, it's about listening to them. What I hear most from them is about self-expression. People being who they want to be and using fashion to give them that confidence.' Vevers, who has worked with the American brand since 2013 and was awarded an OBE last year for services to fashion and to 'UK/US creative relations' layered generation Z's favourite silhouette with references from his own 90s youth such as David Lynch and Larry Clark's 1995 film Kids. He also booked the Brooklyn band Nation of Language – who will support LCD Soundsystem on an upcoming tour – to play live in the middle of the catwalk space to add to the vibe. A global luxury slowdown has hit most fashion week brands hard but Coach is bucking the trend. It was the fastest rising name on the most recent quarterly index released by Lyst, which ranks brand 'heat' based on sales and social media, using data from 200 million consumers. With demand up 332% year on year, Coach leapfrogged Alaia, Gucci and Bottega Veneta to become the fifth hottest brand after Miu Miu, Saint Laurent, Prada and Loewe. The brand's Brooklyn bag was named hottest product of the quarter in the rankings. Coach's success speaks to fashion's pricing problem. Many high-end luxury brands hiked prices in the years when demand was robust, a strategy dubbed 'greedflation', which is now backfiring. Consumers are now getting 'sticker shock' – the phenomenon of being stunned by where price tags have reached – and not buying. The relatively affordable £250 starting price of the Brooklyn has put it on the map as a hero piece of the rising trend for 'affordable luxury'. The Coach chief executive, Todd Kahn, told Vogue this week: 'Something maybe very American in us is [that] I don't feel good about having someone save up three months of salary to buy a handbag.' Sign up to Fashion Statement Style, with substance: what's really trending this week, a roundup of the best fashion journalism and your wardrobe dilemmas solved after newsletter promotion Many of the bags on the catwalk were clearly pre-worn: the leather curling at the edges, the brass turn-locks buffed with age. Coach has connected with younger consumers on sustainability, offering repairs, upcycling ideas or store credit to those looking to trade in or restore their existing Coach handbag. The Coachtopia sub-brand, launched in 2023, aims for circularity by using waste and recycled leather in designs that are mindful of end-of-life environmental impact. Coachtopia bags are designed on a 'monomaterial' principle, using a single material for the entire design where possible and with detachable handles and hardware to enable disassembly and reuse. Coach has a heritage in slow fashion. In the 1940s, co-founders Lillian and Miles Cahn took inspiration from the way a baseball glove improves and softens as it is used, developing a new tanning process that created supple leather less prone to cracking.
