A jaunt downtown yesterday evening landed ELLE.com
at the Coach store in Soho, where bundled up handbag-lovers celebrated the
launch of a two-piece, limited-edition collection between the iconic brand and
designer Anna Sui. "Coach wanted to revive their [1972] duffle bag and
told me to do whatever I wanted," Sui told ELLE.com. "I mean, what more could
you ask for than carte blanche from Coach?!"
The collaboration features the Legacy Anna Sui Dragonfly Large
Duffle ($798) and the Legacy
Anna Sui Fleur de Lis Large Duffle ($1,000), which both first debuted at the
designer’s Fall 2012 runway show. The former black leather style is adorned with
an ornate dragonfly motif, contrast stitching, and a floral lining. The
latter,
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in vegetable-tanned medium brown leather, exudes a vintage-rocker vibe and
features hand-tooled and hand-knotted detailing. Each bag is embellished with
solid brass hardware, a signature Coach hangtag, bold tassels, and a removable
interior wristlet (which Sui was seen autographing last night). What drew the eccentric, vivid-pattern-enthusiast to Coach? "I think we are an unexpected match, which sometimes makes the best kinds of collaborations," she said. "Coach told me to be as Anna Sui as possible, so that’s why we brought in the art nouveau and the hippie feeling." And while the totes do have a distinctly Anna Sui feel, the classic sportswear style—as pioneered by one of Sui’s favorites, designer Bonnie Cashin—is still unmistakably, and handsomely, palpable.
Find both bags online and in selected stores for a limited time.
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