Famous American fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead at the age of 55 in her New York apt, morning of June 5
The designer left a note before taking her own life by hanging and was discovered by her housekeeper just after 10am Tuesday in the Park Avenue apt
She is survived by her husband Andrew, who is the brother of actor David Spade, and her 13-year-old daughter Frances
Spade shot to fame when her eponymous line of purses became the it bag for women at the turn of the century
She initially soldg 56 percent of the company to Neiman Marcus in 1999, and the remaining shares in her company to the luxury store chain, in 2006
After years of devoting herself to raising her daughter, the designer recently tried to reenter the fashion field in 2016 with the launch of Frances Valentine, a line of luxury handbags and shoes
Her signature brand ‘Kate Spade’ has continued to grow, and in 2017 the brand was purchased by coach for $2.4 billion
Kate Spade was found dead at the age of 55 in her Park Avenue apartment on Tuesday
American Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead inside her Manhattan apartment.
The popular designer, who shot to fame with her line of purses, is believed to have committed suicide.Spade, 55, left a note before taking her own life by hanging and was discovered by her housekeeper.
She is survived by her husband Andrew Spade, who is the brother of actor David Spade, and her 13-year-old daughter Frances.
Kate was also the aunt of Rachel Brosnahan, the star of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.
The 55-year-old designer is She is survived by her husband Andrew who is the brother of actor David Spade, and her 13-year-old daughter Frances
Spade left a note before taking her own life by hanging and was discovered by her housekeeper just after 10am Tuesday in the Park Avenue apt
Kate and her husband launched their design line back in 1993, starting at first with just handbags before expanding to clothes and other accessories.
Three years in the couple was able to open their first store, and for the next decade continue to grow the company.
She has launched international and home lines by 2004, having by that point sold off most of her company.
Neiman Marcus purchased 56 percent of the company in 1999 and the remaining 44 percent by 2006, at which time Kate left the business to raise her daughter.
Kate had just recently tried to reenter the fashion worked in 2016 with the launch of Frances Valentine, a line of luxury handbags and shoes.
In the decade since she sold her ownership Kate Spade has continued to grow, and in 2017 the brand was purchased by coach for an astonishing $2.4 billion.
She was twice honored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1996 as an emerging accessories designer to watch and again in 1998 as the best accessories designer of the year.
That same group held its annual gala and awards show on Monday in Brooklyn, which Spade did not attend.
The house keeper discovered the designer hanging in her Park Ave,. NY apt just after 10am Tuesday. She reportedly left a note before taking her own life
Spade sold the remaining shares in her company to Neiman Marcus in 2006 and devoted herself to raising her daughter Frances [seen with husband Andy]
She was born Kate Brosnahan in Kansas City, where she attended an all-girls school before heading off to college at the University of Kansas. She later transferred to
Arizona State University and majored in journalism.
Kate met her future husband, Andrew Spade at Arizona State.
She graduated in 1985 and spent the next six years working for Mademoiselle in New York City, eventually landing herself the role of senior fashion editor.
In 1991 she left the magazine and decided to go out on her own with a line of purses, believing there was a gap in the market she could fill.
A year after launching the company, Kate and Andy were married.
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