三女Street: Autumn horror: Stuart Vever's Apollo sweater from COACH's RTW F/W 2014 Collection

I love autumn. I love the bright reds, oranges, and yellows that repaint the world. I love the crisp refreshing feeling you get when the cold air hits your face in the morning...making it feel luxurious to snuggle up in warm sweaters, sip on hot cider, and...watch horror movies??

Well, it seems like - unwittingly or not - our Asian celebrities are snuggling up in what is turning out to be a favorite this season - the Apollo crewneck sweater from Coach RTW F/W 2014 collection, which also happens to be the heritage brand's first ever ready-to-wear campaign as well as the debut collection for new executive creative director Stuart Vevers at Coach. Interestingly, his collection was inspired by the horror classic The Shining. Most of the pieces are styled after Shelley Duvall's character, Wendy Torrance, in the film; what Vever imagined would fill up the rest of her wardrobe on her stay in that hotel. However, the Apollo rocket sweater departs from that as it's inspired by the blue sweater worn by Danny in the film.

Many celebrities have donned this sweater including A Pink's Naeun, actress Kim Hyo-jin (Mary Stayed Out All Night), and Angelababy at various Coach events all in early September 2014; SNSD's Seohyun also wore the piece for Instyle Korea's September 2014 issue.
Disappointingly, they have all chosen to style it similarly to the original collection look - with a black mini-skirt, black shoes, their hair down - and in Angelababy's case, almost verbatim to the original styling replete with the urban hiker boots, leather workwear skirt, felt hat, and shearling Rhyder messenger bag all from the same Coach collection. It's a simple and cute fall look, but let's hope other stars will style it more interestingly going forward, maybe with a midi skirt of a brighter color to bring out the playfulness of the sweater.

I am loving his debut collection and the vision it's bringing to Coach - "understated," "effortless," "functional," and "downtown." Or simply put, more street style, less preppy, which if that just means more fun, I'm all aboard with that. I'm excited to see more of what Coach will put out in the seasons to come with Stuart Vever at the wheel, and how our Asian celebrities will respond.