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How to Accessorize a Coach Tabby With Charms
You heard it here first: Charm-based handbag customization is as hot as ever right now, with social media influencers continuously rolling out (and popularizing) fresh ways of infusing your purse purchases with personality and flair. To be sure, charms themselves — Labubus, leather tassels from high-end brands, and the like — are not a new innovation, but dolling up your bag in a Jane Birkin–esque way (the highly acclaimed actress and Hermès Birkin muse had a go-big-or-go-home approach to the stickers, beads, and ribbons that she bedecked her own tote with) is a process that keeps getting refreshed in terms of the which charms and carryall add-ons are “in” and which ones are so 2024.
What all this means? Keeping track of the latest releases in the world of handbag accessories is no small feat, but we’re here to simplify the process. In particular, we’ll be focusing on the one and only Coach Tabby bag: a top pick when it comes to handbags that fuse the timeless with the trendy, while being beloved by everyone from everyday trendsetters to A-listers like Lola Tung, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Ratajkowski, and current Coach global ambassador Elle Fanning.
Whether you’re partial to the classic Tabby Shoulder Bag 26, swathed in the elegant shade of Pecan for the winter season, have recently become the proud owner of this bag silhouette but in its Beaded Snake variety, or are instead a fan of the Chain Tabby Shoulder Bag (that made its great entrance only recently, at the Coach fall 2025 runway show) one thing is for certain: Treating your Tabby as a carte blanche of sorts for Coach’s vast collection of charms just might become your best decision of the year.
The premise is simple — similar to how many people are keen on personalizing their fresh threads and denim with embroidered monograms, so as to signify that the baggy jeans and white button-ups in question belong to them and them only, so too can the baubles you bedeck your Coach bag with speak volumes and make it unlike anyone else’s. Why settle for boring when you can have brilliant, all by shopping from Coach’s “Straps, Charms, and Keyrings” section online? Boasting a lineup of over 70 products, it has everything you need to keep your prized Tabby up to date with the latest It-girl-approved trends — which, at present, include blessing handbags with the Cherry Bag Charm (which ranked on Lyst Index’s hottest products list last year!), kidcore trinkets akin to the label’s Rexy Bag Charm, and plush, toy-like clip-ons that look more like Christopher Robin’s original toy collection and less like the mischievous monster that had its own float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year.
Over on TikTok, you can find ample inspiration on how to actually style said charms on Coach’s bag selections. The main takeaways? Go matchy-matchy on the metals so as to keep put-togetherness at the heart of your accessory journey, and consider contrasting your charms with something of a different, softer material (say a scarf looped through the bag’s handles to bestow upon it some markedly Parisian glamour). Otherwise, let your imagination run wild… but not at the cost of going overboard and hiding your Tabby’s precious materiality under all of the tchotchkes you’ve just introduced it to.
Below, three distinct ways to make your Tabby purchase this holiday season look absolutely charming. (It’s time to make Labubus jealous.)
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Coach Chain Tabby Shoulder Bag 30 in Signature Denim
This Coach Chain Tabby is already made interesting by virtue of its denim composition and repeating “C” pattern. But watch what happens when charms appear on the scene: It’s taken to new heights almost instantly, now appearing fun-loving and lighthearted, while retaining all of that Coach classiness and heritage in its DNA. The charms we’re suggesting here include the Fuzzy Bag Charm in Shearling, which just might take you back to your toy-littered childhood bedroom (and will encourage you to take yourself less seriously each time you gaze at it). As for that Chain Strap With Charms, it benefits from multiple miniaturized motifs — from a light-blue butterfly to an all-yellow dino. Maximize the joy here with one final addition: the Coach Heart Puffy Bag Charm, whose glovetanned and nappa leather composition makes it a top-quality and heirloom-worthy (not to mention adorable) accoutrement.
Shown With: Coach Fuzzy Bag Charm in Shearling ($195); Coach Heart Puffy Bag Charm ($55); Coach Chain Strap With Charms ($175)
Price upon publish date of this article: $357
Coach Tabby Shoulder Bag 20 With Quilting
Something as sumptuously crafted as a suede-clad, quilted Tabby Shoulder Bag 20 merits a well-considered and restrained bag charm arrangement that prioritizes only the best of the best on offer at Coach. Enter: the Crystal Pretzel Bag Charm and Rexy Bag Charm. While the former is an apt way to honor your favorite city and Coach’s birthplace, taking a more-is-more approach to bedazzlement (a new addition to the brand’s techniques), Rexy is here to lighten things up with his teensy arms and green-tinted bod. The hardware on both of these charms matches the tone of the Tabby’s strap and signature “C” at center, resulting in an organized vignette that is sure to inspire many oohs, ahhs, and compliments, no matter if you don the bag crossbody-style or over the shoulder.
Shown With: Coach Crystal Pretzel Bag Charm ($150); Coach Rexy Bag Charm ($55)
Price upon publish date of this article: $395
Coach Soft Tabby Shoulder Bag
We’d like to introduce you to something really special — the $20 Cherry Bag Charm from Coach’s circular fashion–focused sister Coachtopia, which operates on the basis of screw-back closure and can be attached to any Coach bag that has adjustable straps (including this Chalk-colored Tabby). The tiny treasure is bound to pop against the backdrop of all this white: the very same hue, in fact, that just became Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2026. But don’t stop the vibrancy at that, instead affixing the Coach Small Taxi Bag Charm to the hot-ticket item as an homage to New York City’s iconic mode of transportation. Then, proceed to do one last thing — enriching the textural interest of your Tabby by pampering it with the Heritage Bead Bag Charm, which will add deeper dimension to the two aforementioned charms while expressing your boho-coded sensibilities through those cutesy beads below the woven leather. It’s safe to say we’re smitten.
Shown With: Coach Small Taxi Bag Charm ($95); Coachtopia Cherry Bag Charm ($20); Coach Heritage Bead Bag Charm ($75)
Price upon publish date of this article: $395
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Meet the Author
Stacia Datskovska is a Senior Commerce Writer at WWD. Previously, she worked at ELLE DECOR as an assistant digital editor, covering all things luxury, culture, and lifestyle through a design lens. Her bylines over the past five years have appeared in USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Teen Vogue, Boston Globe, Food & Wine, and more. Prior to joining ELLE DECOR, Datskovska learned the ins and outs of e-commerce at Mashable, where she tested products, covered tentpole sales events, and curated gift guide roundups. She graduated from NYU with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and international relations. Datskovska regularly reports on trending handbags (and their accompanying accessories) that are actually worth shopping.
