Coach

Hey, It’s Coach tv!

The brand’s Coach TV program, a lineup of shorts written, is the rare instance of a digital fashion experience being just as good, if not better, than the real thing. Coach’s method leaves fashion shows firmly in the past and brings the future of upcycled and collaged Leather bags and jackets to create new garments.

Fashion is truly in the service of storytelling—and isn’t that the point of all this? To sell clothing in a way that allows people to imagine it in their own lives, in their own stories? Well — leave it to Coach to bring us through a series of nostalgia for 9 minutes as we sit on our laptops, popcorn in hand. Maybe I’ve just been watching too many 90s shows re-runs during quarantine, but imagine the smile on my face as I watched the opening segment, immediately thought of Friends, and I realized Coach was taking me through my childhood digital experience. Fashion week film of the century, channel surfing through Coach’s star-studded take on iconic American tv.

Coach is not just innovating in format, like spoofing TV shows like Friends, the Home Shopping Network, and MTV music videos, but also in form. As we become more conscious in society of our global impact, Coach introduces the idea of upcycling bags from the ’60s and ’70s alongside leather and shearling jackets made into new, collaged-together styles. Coach has saved the fantasy for its film and delivered the reality of nostalgia through its garments. Each piece brings a sense of comforting familiarity, mostly due to the knit material, cozy layered outfits, and fluffy mules. Each styled together with a certain magpie sensibility that makes it look all the more believable, I can easily imagine myself walking to the grocery store in any Coach outfit, as I (like many) have become a creature of comfort in this new world norm.

Rebecca Minkoff

Botanical-Concrete Jungle

Rebecca Minkoff’s spring 2021 see-now-buy-now collection draws inspiration from the juxtaposition between spring florals and the downtown energy of New York City. Both bohemian and rocker; feminine and masculine, the collection allows the modern woman to express herself through all the moments of life.

After the months we’ve had, cooped up in these apartments, I cannot think of anything more beautiful than the outdoors — it’s true what they say, nature heals all. Being grounded by the trees and greenery, Rebecca Minkoff’s spring collection brings to life the idea that summer in New York City will come. The collection debuted in a botanical garden inspired scene, representing the urban jungle that is New York City.

With a 1970s bohemian vibe, the collection’s summer scene debuted a mixture of floral and animal prints, color palette includes caramel, khaki, and bordeaux, with a rocker retro-inspired mix of vegan leather. The brand’s staples, handbags, complete each look with a variety of shapes with a focus on oversize, studded and moto detailing and fringe. Of course the footwear mimicked these handbag styles like booties with tassel detailing, studded sandals, and strappy heels.

Altuzarra

80’s Sci-Fi

THE ICONIC ALTUZARRA SUITING IS REIMAGINED WITH AN ‘80S INFLUENCE ON TAILORING AND PROPORTIONS: DRAPEY AND OVERSIZED BLAZERS, WIDE-LEG PANTS, AND ADJUSTABLE BELTS TO NIP THE WAIST AND REIGN IN VOLUME. AS THE COLLECTION PROGRESSES, THE SILHOUETTES BECOME UNBOUND ENDING WITH UNABASHED, LIBERATED VOLUME IN A DOUBLE LAYERED HANDKERCHIEF HEM DRESS.

The Spring Summer 2021 collection came to life as the world around us changed. Reflective of the moment and the environment in which he was living, Joseph Altuzarra explored the poetry that exists in the concurrence of freedom and restraint. The notion of opposing emotions—fear and happiness, alienation and comfort, sadness and joy; many of which Joseph was feeling while designing the season—became a symbolic expression of the uncertainty we face while simultaneously informing a collection that is desirable right now.

Drawing on Dune, a futuristic science fiction novel that examines the relationship between man and nature, Joseph leaned heavily on the notion of drapey, soft, and earthy garments that were described throughout the tome—a starting point for the collection.