Coach Maggie Collection

Coach’s Maggie collection of purses is an assortment of Coach’s high-end handbags. The gorgeous selection of twenty-four purses was launched for the summer-fall 2009 Coach season. The bags are great for every day use and are perfect for the woman on the go. With their simplistic design, solid colors, and gorgeous shape these bags make an easy day-to-night transition.

The collection has two shapes, a classic hobo style and a smaller pouch purse. The color palette is mostly tame solid neutrals with a few bags with punch. This includes their “gramery embossed patent pouch” in cherry as well as their “metallic large Maggie” in platinum. Most of the bags are in polished or patent leather with a few screen printed items. The embossed leather pouches give an interesting pop and character to the pouch line.

These bags are characteristic Coach purses in their design and shape, yet a departure for the brand as very few are made of the Coach logo material. The lack of screen printed items in this collection definitely sets the tone that these purses aren’t your typically Coach items. Only a few in the line have this print in an “op art” style, which in itself varies from the classic logo print.

This is a positive step for Coach, which is often seen as having lower end designer bags due to their excessive use of their logo print. This line shows a more mature side of Coach. It’s evident from this line that Coach is trying to reach beyond their normal customers to a more high-end clientele. This notion is reflective in the pricing of these bags. These handbags run from $188-$198 for the small pouches to $358-$1000 for the large Maggie hobos. These bags are bound to be a hit with anyone who enjoys simplistic, yet gorgeous designed handbags.