Kate Spade

W: Katherine Noel Valentine Brosnahan Spade Spade was born Katherine Noel Brosnahan in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of June (née Mullen) and Francis (Frank) Brosnahan,[3] who owned a road-construction company.[4] She was of mostly Irish descent.[3] After graduating from St. Teresa's Academy, an all-female Catholic high school, Spade attended the University of Kansas. She later transferred to Arizona State University. She joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and graduated with a journalism degree in 1985, thinking she would go into television production. While in college, she worked in sales at Carter's Men Shop, a men's clothing store in Phoenix; her co-worker was Andy Spade, who later became her husband and business partner. Kate and Andy founded Kate Spade New York in January 1993.[8] Spade was initially undecided on the brand's name, because Andy and she had not yet married, and "Kate Brosnahan" seemed a cumbersome name for a fashion label. She considered a number of names, but agreed when Andy suggested "Kate Spade", as she would take the name Spade after their marriage. QUOTES If you’re as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out. I don’t think that fashion is something people encourage in a lot of schools, but I think they should — it’s all about personal expression. https://www.goalcast.com/16-kate-spade-quotes/ External link Category:Women from the United States