Word: leathering
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...competed in beauty pageants in the past, and she even aspired to be Miss Junior Alabama. She’s never actually modelled, but she’s closer than most. Except, of course, for Laura Duncan. A student at the Graduate School of Design, Duncan brought along a leather binder full of photos from past modeling jobs, for which she has earned up to $3,500. Like the freshman and sophomore modeling neophytes, she is tall and thin. But unlike the younger girls, Duncan is a tad slicker—she’s obviously done much more voguing...
...SNAPSHOT“I was tired of being at school,” says Ryan A. Delany ’08. “It was a chance to play G. I. Joe for a couple of years.” Delany, in a Superman T-shirt, aviator sunglasses, leather jacket, and heavy black boots, looks the part of soldier/badass. But this tough-guy persona is no act. Having graduated high school in 1999, Delany joined the Marines, pushing college aside. “I needed a chance to grow up,” Delany says. The unenthusiastic student proved...
They review colors (at this moment, black feels very new for bags) and look at details (braided trim, exaggerated hardware) and fashion trends that have migrated from clothing to accessories (pleating, distressed leather). "There's a lot of pleating in the market," says Krakoff. "It's a detail that evokes something a little sportier, kind of 1970s chic, but prettier." In other words, it's not sporty casual, which Krakoff says was so last season...
Right now Krakoff and his team are betting on a whole new idea that Coach will introduce next fall: the Legacy collection. It's a line of bags made out of burnished leather that ages as you wear it. Each bag carries some of Coach's trademarks--binding on the edges, signature turn-lock closures and striped silk linings...
...expensive for Coach's market, which is known as accessible luxury; designer bags run from $900 to $1,200. Krakoff asks for a less expensive version--$290 is the target price. "It's like a big puzzle," he says. "Every time you add a piece, it changes. A leather comes in at a higher price, so you have to lose a buckle." But when the price is right, the handbag will...