Selena Gomez Reveals Inspiration Behind Her Rabbit Motif in New Coach Collection

If you look at Selena Gomez‘s new Coach collection, you’ll notice several themes – but one of the biggest ones is a rabbit.

Turns out, the 26-year-old entertainer incorporated the animal in the new collection because it was a childhood memory.

“Coach has been known to having the T-Rex or the unicorn, so when I began working on my collection, I wanted to come up with my own take on this,” Selena shared with THR. “I was reminded of rabbit I had when I was child who was my favorite pet.”

She adds, “I brought that up to [Coach creative director] Stuart [Vevers] while we were designing, and then it went from there.”

The rabbit, on its’ hind legs, motif runs all through her designs – from wallets and sweaters, and beyond.

There’s another motif, too, which was inspired by Selena‘s own self positive motto: “Not perfect, always me.”

“It was also important to me to have an empowering message inserted into the collection,” Selena shared. “I chose to incorporate the message ‘Not perfect. Always me,’ which are words I remind myself constantly and think it’s an message everyone should remind themselves of.”

“No one is perfect and we need to know that’s okay.”