
Jennifer Lopez was there. Lil Nas X was there. Two mega-stars from overseas—Chinese TV star Wu Jinya and South Korean rapper Youngji Lee—brought traffic to a standstill on Manhattan’s 42nd Street. Even anti-leather runway protesters from PETA crashed their way in.
Coach’s New York Fashion Week event, which commandeered the main branch of the New York Public Library for a glamorous night in September, was clearly a hot ticket. But one VIP was conspicuously absent: Joanne Crevoiserat, the CEO of Coach’s parent company, the fashion conglomerate Tapestry.