...Rockin a bag that's made by Coach.
Retreat attendees would understand the title reference though the first part was cut out and a word was changed to suit the purposes of this entry. ;)
Two Christmases ago, I received an expensive keychain from Coach (the wrapping was impeccable. It was so pretty that I drew it in a still life study. Glossy burgundy box with a thick lavender silk ribbon. Yum.) I became really into their merchandise. Tania can vouch for me- I used to collect their catalogs since I could only look at the stuff. But I never had that much money to spend on anything from there. Though Coach is a mid end designer company ($130-$700), it targets teens and young women for some less expensive products (relative to high end such as Chanel which run in the thousands) while maintaining their 'quality' of materials. Well an opportunity came last year when I went to HK for the summer, my mom's best friend was extremely generous and allowed me to purchase two items: one for my 18th birthday and one for graduating high school. I think the total limit was $3000 HK. Yeah, I've never received that much leeway on gifts before so naturally I was pretty darn excited.
I ended up getting a no-logo Coach (second to one I wanted but it wasnt available in HK some odd reason) and a Kate Spade.
The past year I've lost interest in the company (see, one bag did it for me! Cured my obsession haha... actually maybe it's because I can't afford it) and brand.
My number one reason? There's a Coach store located across one of the Parsons buildings which I used to walk by once a week.
The purse I got was summer of 2005. When I went to Yorkdale a few weeks ago I saw some of their bags of Fall 2006. Can you tell the difference?
Exactly. The left is the 'latest' one and the right is the one I got last summer. The only difference is that the newest one is bigger and the tags are a different colour and doesn't have those pompom things attached to them either and slight variations in colour and detail.
And I just lost respect for the company right there and then. They also came out with the same bag with a pink strap which is freaking ugly.
Do not recycle your old ideas and pretend they're something fresh and new. Freak. The CEO is from Parsons. Use your imagination for pete's sake. This guy is famous for turning the once boring, old Coach brand into something young and fresh (and it was for a time) and now it's gone downhill. He even won the prestigious CFDA award among fashions newest talents. Come on. Don't peddle your recycled wares like they're something totally new and avant garde when your followers have been closely watching every product that has been issued out. We're not stupid. I know you basically used the same ideas and just merely changed the colour hoping we'd already had forgotten the past year of bags. Or maybe they're just 'refining' their designs. Hm... Nothing has really impressed me as of yet.
Two Christmases ago, I received an expensive keychain from Coach (the wrapping was impeccable. It was so pretty that I drew it in a still life study. Glossy burgundy box with a thick lavender silk ribbon. Yum.) I became really into their merchandise. Tania can vouch for me- I used to collect their catalogs since I could only look at the stuff. But I never had that much money to spend on anything from there. Though Coach is a mid end designer company ($130-$700), it targets teens and young women for some less expensive products (relative to high end such as Chanel which run in the thousands) while maintaining their 'quality' of materials. Well an opportunity came last year when I went to HK for the summer, my mom's best friend was extremely generous and allowed me to purchase two items: one for my 18th birthday and one for graduating high school. I think the total limit was $3000 HK. Yeah, I've never received that much leeway on gifts before so naturally I was pretty darn excited.
I ended up getting a no-logo Coach (second to one I wanted but it wasnt available in HK some odd reason) and a Kate Spade.
The past year I've lost interest in the company (see, one bag did it for me! Cured my obsession haha... actually maybe it's because I can't afford it) and brand.
My number one reason? There's a Coach store located across one of the Parsons buildings which I used to walk by once a week.
The purse I got was summer of 2005. When I went to Yorkdale a few weeks ago I saw some of their bags of Fall 2006. Can you tell the difference?
Exactly. The left is the 'latest' one and the right is the one I got last summer. The only difference is that the newest one is bigger and the tags are a different colour and doesn't have those pompom things attached to them either and slight variations in colour and detail.
And I just lost respect for the company right there and then. They also came out with the same bag with a pink strap which is freaking ugly.
Do not recycle your old ideas and pretend they're something fresh and new. Freak. The CEO is from Parsons. Use your imagination for pete's sake. This guy is famous for turning the once boring, old Coach brand into something young and fresh (and it was for a time) and now it's gone downhill. He even won the prestigious CFDA award among fashions newest talents. Come on. Don't peddle your recycled wares like they're something totally new and avant garde when your followers have been closely watching every product that has been issued out. We're not stupid. I know you basically used the same ideas and just merely changed the colour hoping we'd already had forgotten the past year of bags. Or maybe they're just 'refining' their designs. Hm... Nothing has really impressed me as of yet.
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