Coco Gauff x American Eagle Collaboration Sends A Message

"Thank you to the people who didn’t believe in me.” That’s what 20-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff said after she won the 2023 US Open. Now her message to her haters has returned in truly memorable fashion: as the basis for her first-ever fashion collaboration, a limited-edition line with American Eagle. 

For the Coco Gauff x AE capsule, available now (just in time for 2024’s US Open), the Grand Slam champ looked to her everyday style for inspiration. The star of the co-designed six-piece line is a grungy oversized denim jacket with Gauff’s instantly iconic quote printed on the back. "That speech went low-key viral [laughs] so that was the inspiration," Gauff told Refinery29.

The drop also includes a denim corset top, high-waisted ripped jeans, knit tank tops, and a matching cargo mini skirt, inspired by the tennis skirts Gauff wears on the court. "When I found out that this was coming true, I wanted a denim tennis-inspired skirt," the US Olympic flag-bearer said.

While designing the pieces — that Gauff "would wear every day" — the tennis star said that she "learned a lot of things about how clothes are made" from the American Eagle designers: "I thought it was a really cool thing and I am so grateful for American Eagle for teaching me along the way. I knew what I wanted [from the collection], I just didn't know how to go about it."

This isn’t Gauff’s first experience with AE. The athlete has said she grew up wearing the brand, and even fronted the launch of its fall campaign when it debuted last month, highlighting some of her favorite AE pieces, like the Classic Blazer and Stovepipe Jeans, alongside football player Trevor Lawrence and actors Kristine Froseth and Nikki Rodriguez.

The Coco Gauff x AE collab is available online now, with prices ranging from $34.95 to $89.95. Below, see what Gauff had to say about the collection, her favorite pieces, and the celebrity she wishes would wear the collection.