Basquiat / Coach

Runway Fall 2020 and RTW Spring 2021

As part of an ongoing partnership between Artestar and Coach, the Fall 2020 collection was inspired by the art and style of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Designer Stuart Vevers created an homage to the 1980s creative scene and injected the collection with the spirit of downtown New York. The show closed with a surprise performance from Debbie Harry and the campaign was shot by Micaiah Carter and features Michael B. Jordan, Jennifer Lopez, Paloma Elsesser, Jon Batiste, and Basquiat’s niece Jessica Kelly, to name a few.

Creative director Stuart Vevers felt it important to wipe the slate clean and think differently about presenting the Ready to Wear Spring 2021 collection under such strange new circumstances. With the help of photographer Juergen Teller, he started by bringing together what he’s calling the global Coach family. The film presentation that was released today was captured almost entirely Zoom across three continents, with recent Coach star Megan Thee Stallion in Los Angeles leading the charge dressed in one of the brand’s new belted trench coats and carrying one of its new vegetable-tanned handbags.

Overall, the collection reflected a modern, non-linear approach to dressing that’s no longer tethered to the relentless forward march of new fashion. Mixing future, past, and present was how Vevers summed up this focus on personal style. True fans of the brand will recognize many of the trophy items from seasons past that are seen throughout, including the much paparazzi’d Basquiat coat that Kate has been rocking all summer.