I'm sorry ladies-- I am 22, in University and consider myself to be into fashion and trends and there is not one solitary item I would buy from this collection.
I like the idea of the colours (pastels are my favourite), and I like the idea of where they could have gone with the shoes (clog-esque style) but nothing hits the mark for me. The bags remind me of Bleeker/Candace with little details that don't add to the bags (likely) increased price and I personally wish the shoes were less chunky and more streamlined. The ocelot coat is cute but I know will be way over my budget for such a trendy piece, and the fur coats are high fashion and impractical but are kind of neat to look at.
Now I realize people will disagree, but to me this collection looks like its trying way to hard to be cool. I realize this is the 'Fashion' collection so they are going to show their most outrageous, fabulous pieces but I don't even like the style/details of the bags offered and I think the RTW pieces are okay-- and they should be far better than okay for the price that Coach is going to want for them.
Coach has (and frankly, always will be to me) a leather goods company, so this flashy RTW only furthers my opinion that they are losing sight of their customer and their brand.
I really want to like this collection, the colours are awesome, but it falls flat of my expectations. Especially with the cartoon designs, as Coach keeps saying it's going to 'elevate' their product to 'modern luxury', I don't see anything luxurious or modern by slapping a cartoon character on their bags. 'Modern luxury' is an idea I am attracted to, but I am appalled by cartoon characters on a likely $500+ bag.
Sorry for the long rant, and keep in mind this is my opinion only.