“She was also a staple of NYC who spread goodwill.”īorn Katherine Brosnahan, Spade grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. “She had a quirky visual language that captivated Bat Mitzvah girls and artists alike,” wrote actress Lena Dunham on Twitter. (REUTERS)Īnd the bags seemed to effortlessly appeal to a variety of women. “You associated yourself with this fun, cool, with-it, hip brand that wasn’t snobbish or so exclusive that it felt like a European luxury brand.” Medical examiners remove the body from the Park Avenue apartment of designer Kate Spade in New York. Having a Spade bag “was a sign that you were in the know,” said Eric Wilson, fashion news director at InStyle. They were affordable AND terrific AND fabulous.” You could afford them, and happily buy more than one. “It’s an adornment, not an obsession.”Īnd a Kate Spade bag was an adornment that was, crucially, affordable, unlike other iterations of “It” bags whose status seemed to hinge on the price tag. “I grew up in the Midwest, where you have to have (a fashion item) because you like it, not because you’re supposed to have it,” she told The AP in 2004. She tried jeans, for example, decided they didn’t look good on her, and moved on. Spade liked to say that she wasn’t obsessed with fashion, or interested in trends. Spade was found hanging in the bedroom of her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide, law enforcement officials said. Indeed, Spade had said it herself: “I hope that people remember me not just as a good businesswoman,” she told Glamour magazine in 2002, “but as a great friend - and a heck of a lot of fun.” Kate Spade attends the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards at the New York Public Library in New York City. “She was every bit the representation of that brand, and the fun of it all.”
“She was always just as happy and delightful as her collection was,” said Fern Mallis, industry consultant and former director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America during Spade’s rise to success in the 1990s. And that only contributed to the sense of shock and loss in the industry upon hearing the news Tuesday that Spade had apparently taken her own life at 55. The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade’s enormously popular handbags - “It” bags that were both aspirational and affordable - were an apt description of the woman herself, say many in the fashion world.
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