Is there a better time than the holidays to dress up, go out and have fun?
At Coach, there certainly isn’t.
For his latest resort collection, which the brand calls winter, Vevers said the season got him thinking about his own children — “how much joy they get from dressing up,” he said, adding that his own memories of doing the same inspired his collection’s mix of ultra-playful accessories and festive accents.
“I was thinking about when I was a little kid. My grandmother was very creative, and she made costumes and performed in the local amateur dramatics. Me and my brother would get dressed up, sometimes in the theme of the show,” he recalled.
His new selection of nostalgia-tinged yet upscale accessories played into the idea, as seen through playful rabbit-eared headpieces; adjustable leather crowns; fairy wands and toy swords, crafted in stacked leather. All will be commercially available and likely hot-ticket gifts come wintertime.
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“Then that same grandma, when I got older and started to go out, she’d help me make my outfits for clubbing,” Vevers added. “At the heart of the collection is the joy of dressing up, the joy of what we do. And that means having some fun, being playful, being quite irreverent, and really about expressing yourself.”
It certainly was, as seen through girlish skirts (polka-dotted or in frothy tulle with sparkly star decorations); vintage ’50s-esque cropped crepe blouses and dresses; silver holiday ornament-inspired baubles and bag charms, and even a pair of red ruby pumps. The designer also offered up a novel version of a tuxedo shirt that looked traditional at first glance until you noticed the three bow ties going down the front, injecting fun and playfulness into dressing up.
Vevers revived his love affair with Disney for a few of the menswear pieces, notably an oversize cardigan and a sweatshirt with illustrations of Pluto. The sweater included some dog biscuits on the front.
But it wasn’t all fantasy-driven, as seen through down-to-earth American sportswear across the mostly fluid lineup that was enriched by heritage staples, including leather pleated skirts and outerwear, and two new leather bags inspired by Bonnie Cashin’s ’67 Swagger and ’69 Double Entry styles. Other key menswear pieces included ultra-wide-legged upcycled distressed denim jeans, an oversize teddy bear coat, and a “Warhol-inspired” red plaid shirt with a polkadot tie.