Kate Spade

ABOUT KATE SPADE

Fashion designer and co-founder of the Kate Spade New York brand. She met future husband Andy Spade, brother of David Spade , while working with him at Carter's Men Shop in Arizona.

She matriculated from Arizona State University , where she majored in journalism.

She was a member of the Omega chapter of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

She married Andy Spade in 1994, and she had a daughter named Frances Beatrix Spade.

She earned numerous celebrity fans, including actress Jessica Alba .