COACH, INC.

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
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     Coach, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies
to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

          FIRST: The charter of the Corporation (the "Charter") as currently in
effect is hereby amended by deleting therefrom in its entirety existing Section
6.1 of Article VI, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following new Section 6.1
of Article VI:

     Section 6.1 Authorized Shares. The Corporation has authority to issue
1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"),
and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Preferred
Stock"). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par
value is $10,250,000. If shares of one class of stock are classified or
reclassified into shares of another class of stock pursuant to this Article VI,
the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically
decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically
increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified,
so that the aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the
Corporation has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of
shares of stock set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph. The Board of
Directors, without any action by the stockholders of the Corporation, may amend
the charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or
the number of shares of stock of any class or series that the Corporation has
authority to issue.

          SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Charter of the Corporation was
duly approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, all in accordance
with applicable sections of the Maryland General Corporation Law and the Charter
and Bylaws of the Corporation. No approval by the stockholders of the
Corporation is required by the Maryland General Corporation Law or the Charter
and Bylaws of the Corporation.

          THIRD: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation had
authority to issue immediately prior to this amendment was 525,000,000 shares,
of which 500,000,000 shares were shares of Common Stock and 25,000,000 were
shares of Preferred Stock. The aggregate par value of all shares of stock having
par value was $5,250,000.

          FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has
authority to issue pursuant to the foregoing amendment is 1,025,000,000 shares,
of which 1,000,000,000 shares are shares of Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares
are shares of Preferred Stock. The aggregate par value of all authorized shares
of stock having par value is $10,250,000.

          FIFTH: The undersigned Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the
Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath,
the undersigned Chief Executive Officer acknowledges that to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all
material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of
perjury.




          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of
Amendment to be executed under seal in its name and on its behalf by its Chief
Executive Officer, and attested to by its Secretary, on this 1st day of
February, 2005.



                          COACH, INC.


                          By: /s/ Lew Frankfort (SEAL)
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                                  Lew Frankfort
                                  Chief Executive Officer


Attest:



By:  /s/ Carole P. Sadler
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         Carole P. Sadler
         Secretary