June 23, 2016: Disney and Coach have joined together for Disney x Coach 1941, a limited edition collection that will feature Mickey Mouse designs on Coach Leather goods. The collection will launch exclusively in the Coach store in SoHo, and at Colette in Paris. It will also be released at the following stores in Hong Kong on June 28: canton Road flagship store, IFC mall, Times Square, Ocean Terminal, and the Four Seasons Macau. The collection will commemorate Coach’s 75th anniversary.
Mickey Mouse will appear on t-shirts as well as the Coach glove-tanned leather bags the saddle and the dinky. The collection also includes sneakers featuring the Coach Hangtag redesigned in the shape of Mickey Mouse ears. The Mickey ear silhouette is also featured in studs on a leather jacket, and a frame on the re-edition 1960s Coach bag, ‘the Kisslock’. The collection will also feature oversize black leather Mickey dolls and shearling beanbags as collectibles.
To celebrate the launch, Coach Creative Director Stuart Vevers has created a Coach/Love t-shirt featuring a sequined and studded Mickey. The hashtag on social media for the Collection is #DisneyxCoach.