Luxury brand Coach partners with European vintage retailer Beyond Retro to develop a collection of handbags crafted from pre-loved and upcycled textiles. The collection is available at select Coach stores and online.
Coach Partners With Beyond Retro
Upcycled collections, made from materials that have been recycled, reused, or repurposed, is a great way to reduce waste and help the environment because less resources have been used in the production process. Keeping this in mind, the New York-based luxury brand draws on Beyond Retro’s twenty-two year old legacy in vintage and circular design, to craft a collection of Coach handbags.
With a mission to help advance a circular fashion system, Coach is committed to reducing its waste footprint and increasing its capacity for repair and responsible material sourcing. Harnessing more than eighty years of leather expertise, each of the limited-edition handbags has been redesigned using repurposed denim and leather.
Coach x Beyond Retro demonstrates how secondhand fabrics can be transformed into luxury accessories. ’Our partnership with Coach underscores their dedication to sustainability, showcasing our collective efforts in reducing carbon emissions and water usage,’ per Beyond Retro’s Instagram post. ’Sourced from pre-loved denim garments, each bag is a testament to our commitment to divert textile waste from landfills, offering a fresh take on ’new’.’
Coach Partners With Beyond Retro
Popular pieces include Cargo Tote Bag — a spacious, lightweight carryall made from worn denim garments. It features Coach’s signature glove-tanned leather, cursive Coach script embroidery, patchwork and an iconic turn-lock closure. The bag fits a 13” laptop, has two external pockets and a removable webbing strap. Tabby Shoulder Bag 26, with vintage-inspired patchwork quilting, reimagines Coach Tabby. Lastly, Rogue Patchwork Denim Top-Handle Bag offers a structured silhouette with a patchwork of repurposed denim.
As consumers become increasingly aware of the devastating effect of excess inventory and waste in Fashion, it’s imperative that fashion brands get the sustainable memo. Sustainability stems from circularity and although working with upcrafted fabric turns the traditional design process on its head, clever designing can make the products exclusive and valuable. Coach x Beyond Retro is available at select Coach stores worldwide and online.
Beyond Retro
From humble beginnings in June 2002, Beyond Retro has become the most recognised vintage fashion store in the UK, Sweden and most recently, Finland. The team handpicks the best vintage styles, making it the go-to destination for trend-driven fashion — without the carbon footprint! Their vast selection of one-offs saves the best from the landfill to offer sustainable fashion that’s fun, feel-good, and unique.
With stores in the UK, Sweden and Finland they’ve rehomed millions of unique vintage pieces. Handpicked globally by their trend-focussed team, Beyond Retro prides themselves on offering a wide range of pre-loved apparel from sequins to sportswear, vintage 1950s team jackets to rare 80s band tees. And when it comes to sustainability, they’re industry leaders in tackling the growing mountain of fashion waste.
Jasmeen Dugal is Associate Editor at FashionABC, contributing her insights on fashion, technology, and sustainability. She brings with herself more than two decades of editorial experience, working for national newspapers and luxury magazines in India.
Jasmeen Dugal has worked with exchange4media as a senior writer contributing articles on the country’s advertising and marketing movements, and then with Condenast India as Net Editor where she helmed Vogue India’s official website in terms of design, layout and daily content. Besides this, she is also an entrepreneur running her own luxury portal, Explosivefashion, which highlights the latest in luxury fashion and hospitality.
