A Few Words About Coach

I recently visited the Coach website and I just don't understand where Coach is going anymore. It used to be that you could get a decent bag for under $300...so everyone shopped there. And Coach didn't like the fact that their bags were becoming, what's the word? Generic? So they embarked on a mission to become the next Gucci, only with lots of C's instead of G's...and in that effort they decided to raise their prices to astronomical levels to give themselves status.

Take a look at a couple of gems from their more expensive collections:

PARKER PERFORATED OP ART SATCHEL
$598.00















SPECTATOR LEATHER LARGE JULIANNE
$1,000.00














Here's my favorite! LOL!
CANVAS GARDEN TOTE
$6,000.00














Who do they think is really going to buy this? The gardening tools are probably like $20 tops (and I'm sure you can get them at Target). The bag is canvas! Granted, it's got alligator trim but seriously? $6,000!

I guess this whole "raising our prices to make us look cooler" thing didn't really work too well because now Coach is launching a brand new line called Poppy. This is supposedly their budget line. Except it's really not that nice. I think the best word to describe it is um...loud.

Take a look:
New Pop C Spotlight
$268














New Rhinestone XL Spotlight
$548
















OK, some of the bags are not as hideous as these two, but budget-conscious they are not...the prices still range from $200-600. Shop wisely my friends!