Fashion Week Day 5

More from Fashion Week.
SIGNATURE COACH: No funds for a Coach bag? Maybe you’ll like the smell of this.

Reed Krakoff, president and creative director of Coach, opened his home (well, two of his five floors) to celebrate the launch of the company’s new fragrance. The scent is a special blend of soft florals.

“We wanted it to be pretty with a romantic feel. There’s a lightness to it but at the same time a richness,” he said.

Krakoff said he wanted it to be young, fun and a fragrance that women knew was worth investing in.

The signature fragrance will be available in Coach stores beginning March 5.

THE BEST FREEBIE: Free cab rides courtesy of Cotton Incorporated. Vouchers are being passed out in front of the tents, but they’re good for only one hour each day. Cabs are lined up across the street, ready for the masses when they leave the shows. With temperatures in teens much of this week, no one’s going to turn down a cab ride — free or not!

QUOTE OF THE DAY FROM ANOTHER FASHION WRITER AT THE BETSEY JOHNSON RUNWAY SHOW: “I’m tired of watching clothes in the coach section. It’s a little tight in here.”

SKINNY MESSAGE: The Council of Fashion Designers of America addressed the ultra-skinny model issue, but I wonder if they knew what was included in the official Fashion Week press bags — boxes of Relacore dietary supplements and NV rapid weight loss pills. Oops!