It might be fashion week in New York at the moment, but Monday was also Valentine’s Day. For the Coach show in the afternoon, each guest – including rapper Megan Thee Stallion, singer Rina Sawayama and model Hari Nef – was greeted with a red rose on their seat and given a heart-shaped cookie.
This old-fashioned, unapologetically schmaltzy gesture suited a show that was flush with retro Americana references. The set included several A-frame houses, trees and a station wagon. The preamble featured a model taking her shopping into one of the houses in a brown paper bag, an ET-worthy group of young people on bikes, and another model walking a glossy Afghan hound. This heightened ordinariness gave a halcyon small-town feel. It was about imagining a place where, as the show notes said, “it’s always the golden hour and things are happening – on the street, inside our homes, and in our hearts.”
