On Monday afternoon, Coach made a grand return to the Park Avenue Armory for its Fall 2025 present, one other New York Metropolis-inspired spectacle that regarded Gen Z proper within the eye. To the sounds of Brooklyn band Nation of Language, inventive director Stuart Vevers’ newest style manifesto marched via the historic venue’s Wade Thompson Drill Corridor, which had been Coach-ified with a false brick facade working round its perimeter, a herd of animal-shaped baggage and big coin purses mingling in its entrance row and flashing cameras concentrating on VIPs like JT, Halle Bailey and Olivia Ponton.
On the runway, the model’s youthful forged of children may have been plucked off the Manhattan streets simply exterior, which was becoming contemplating the garments they wore made actual references to Youngsters, the famed David Lynch and Larry Clark movie from 1995 (a Vevers favourite!). The style translation of the movie—a drama highlight on New York’s frantic road tradition via the lens of rogue city-dwelling youngsters—included shrunken distressed leather-based flight jackets, rockstar cheetah coats, upcycled ’90s-inspired denim, small graphic tops and large cumbersome trousers.
“My imaginative and prescient for Fall was to floor the gathering in all of the issues that make Coach so distinct as a style home: our heritage supplies and palette, our dedication to repurposing and “re-loving” secondhand clothes via craft, and our perception within the energy of neighborhood and self-expression,” stated Vevers.
Argyle and Lurex knits turned the latest members of Coach’s cult-favorite knitwear class, whereas washed and worn-in hoodies, sweatshirts and T-shirts spoke for the label’s penchant for comfort-first, city-ready items. Elsewhere, the model’s leather-based items (together with a brand new archive-inspired Twin Pocket Bag) appeared worn and adorned with stuffed animal charms, and fluffy slippers have been typically formed like harmless bunnies—all nods to the designer’s youngsters and their toys of selection.
Vevers concluded, “There’s a transparent, cohesive thought right here by way of supplies, silhouette and styling, and that comes from figuring out who we’re and what we stand for.”
See Coach’s Fall/Winter 2025 assortment within the gallery above, and keep tuned to Hypebeast for extra New York Trend Week protection.
