New Yorkers know that you can get a great bagel at Zabar’s. And some great smoked fish, olives and cheeses. What you might not know is that as part of Coach’s new Spring Collection, you can pick up some Zabar’s swag and represent the neighborhood in style.
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The collection features three items highlighting the 88-year-old Upper West Side establishment: a cozy sweater ($495), a cool t-shirt ($150) and a large tote bag ($550).
c/o Coach
“Paying tribute to the effortless cool of our hometown,” these pieces feature the Zabar’s logo and of course, one of their famous bagels with cream cheese. Based on the original design by Bonnie Cashin in 1969, New York designer and Creative Director Stuart Vevers has created the Zabar’s “Cashin Carry” leather tote, a perfect combination of the classic Zabar’s reusable tote and the chic design of the luxury fashion house. A large part of Vevers’ creative vision is a “…look that is grounded in the authentic attitude of New York.” He continues to express this through pieces like the Zabar’s sweater and Zabar’s t-shirt, part of a collection Coach calls “a love letter to New York City.”
These Upper West Side inspired items are available online on Coach’s website and at Coach stores. But if they’re out of your spring-time budget, you can always visit the family-owned store (2245 Broadway @ 80th Street) and pick up a reusable tote filled with delicious goodies.
This is not Zabar’s first foray into the fashion world; in March 2021, the long-time grocer partnered with Vans to create shoes and t-shirts with its logo alongside some of its most popular items (bagels, coffee, rugelach, and a black and white cookie).
c/o Vans
This exorbitantly priced Zabar’s/Coach collection shows that there is a sucker born every minute.
In five years it will be worth thousands.
How tacky. Zabar’s hats, coffee mugs, umbrellas… OK! Fun NYC gift items. But who would buy, much less wear, these overpriced, unattractive items? Wish, at least, that
Zabar’s would be donating all profits to a worthy cause.
Sure ain’t up to the standards that it kept when Murray Klein controlled the store.
Prices no longer that good. Selection no so good, not bad.
But we get handbags.
Klein may have sold his share back to the family in 1996, but his ethos and standards remained for at least another 15 years, so until approximately 2011.
HILARIOUS!! (But I doubt that was the intent.)