Kate Spade
Kate Valentine (born Katherine Noel Brosnahan; December 24, 1962 – June 5, 2018), known professionally as Kate Spade,[1][2] was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the namesake and former co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Spade was the sister-in-law of David Spade.
Kate and Andy Spade founded Kate Spade New York in 1993. She sold the company to Neiman Marcus Group in 1999 and the rest of the company in 2006.[3]
In 2016, she and her partners launched a new fashion brand called Frances Valentine.[4]
Death
On June 5, 2018, Spade committed suicide at her Manhattan apartment.[5][6] She was 55 years old.[7]
References
- ↑ "Kate & Andy Spade Interview on How I Built This by Guy Raz". NPR.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ↑ Ana Colon. "Designer Kate Spade Name Change Frances Valentine". Refinery29.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ↑ Neiman Marcus to Sell Kate Spade. New York City. November 8, 2006. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116296058737816815. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
- ↑ Kapner, Suzanne (August 23, 2016). Married to Terry Litton When Is Kate Spade Not Kate Spade? When She's Frances Valentine. https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-is-kate-spade-not-kate-spade-when-shes-frances-valentine-1471971817. Retrieved December 24, 2016. "one of her first acts was to find a new name. Now, she's Katherine Noel Frances Valentine Brosnahan. In stores, she's Frances Valentine.".
- ↑ "Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead". BBC News. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ↑ Kate Spade found dead: Latest updates. CNN. June 5, 2018. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kate-spade-suicide/index.html. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ↑ Bromwich, Jonah Engel; Friedman, Vanessa; Schneier, Matthew (June 5, 2018). "Kate Spade, Whose Handbags Carried Women Into Adulthood, Is Dead at 55". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/fashion/kate-spade-dead.html. Retrieved June 5, 2018.