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Coach has presented a new always-on storytelling platform, &Coach, with which it wants to shift the way luxury brands speak to Generation Z.
Instead of a classic campaign story in which the brand is the only author of aspiration, &Coach starts from the idea of jointly shaping identity. The platform brings together well-known names from music, sports, fashion, film and activism, as well as Gen Z creatives from the fields of art, digital culture, film and fashion.
Taking part in the launch of the platform are Charli XCX, Malala Yousafzai, Angel Reese, PinkPantheress, Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd, Toni Breidinger, Yasmin Finney, K-pop group KiiiKiii and other names that Coach sees as voices of emerging culture.
For Coach, the new platform is a continuation of the brand’s positioning as part of consumers’ personal identity, not only as a luxury status symbol. At the center are not perfectly staged fashion images, but more open, personal and less filtered moments.
Joon Silverstein, CMO of Coach, said that this generation does not want to inherit a prescribed version of aspiration, but wants to shape identity for itself and be part of that process.
The examples with which the platform is launching speak precisely to this approach. Charli XCX is shown in a reflective moment ahead of a new phase of her music work, while Toni Breidinger appears as a driver navigating NASCAR, a sport still largely dominated by men.
&Coach has a strong social-first character. Dedicated TikTok and Instagram profiles, @and.coach, have been opened for the platform and will serve as central places for content. Coach says it will develop the platform long term, with new ambassadors, community participation and cultural moments that will build on the core idea.
The platform was developed with the support of United Talent Agency, specifically its Next Gen Practice division, the creative agency Marcel and a group of Gen Z collaborators.
&Coach builds on the brand’s earlier marketing activities, including the spring Explore Your Story campaign for 2026, which also emphasized co-authorship and the participation of younger generations. Some of the names connected with the new platform also appeared in that campaign, among them Paige Bueckers and Japanese singer-songwriter Lilas.
Parent company Tapestry, which also owns Kate Spade New York alongside Coach, is recording strong momentum despite softer movements in part of the luxury fashion market. Revenue for the Coach brand in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, which ended on March 28, rose 31 percent compared with the same period of the previous year, while Tapestry raised its full-year sales outlook to 7.95 billion dollars.
