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Kate Brosnahan Spade hanged herself with a scarf in an apparent suicide at a New York City apartment Tuesday according to a NYPD source.
A second NYPD source says the call came in at 1030 this morning and a suicide note was found.
In one of her last interviews, Kate Spade talked about how she built an empire
Kate and her husband Andy recently sat down with NPR's Guy Raz for an episode of "How I Built This" last year.
Spade, who worked at a fashion magazine at the time, talked about how the couple built and launched the handbag line from scratch.
Here's what she told Raz about the night they came up with the idea:
It's funny. You know, Andy and I were talking one night. And I just said — I was looking ahead and I saw the fashion directors. That would be your next jump from being senior fashion editor. And I thought, I don't really see myself wanting that job. So Andy and I were out, honestly, at a Mexican restaurant.And he just said, what about handbags? And I said, honey, you just don't start a handbag company. And he said, why not? How hard can it be? (Laughter) I thought, OK, really? He regrets those words.
The story behind Kate Spade's iconic brand
Spade, a former accessories editor, started designing handbags in 1993, according to the brand's website.
"Debuting with just six silhouettes, she combined sleek, utilitarian shapes and colorful palettes in an entirely new way," the website says.
The first Kate Spade store opened in New York City in 1996.
Handbag giant Coach first announced plans to buy the company last year with a massive $2.4 billion deal. The parent company of Coach went on to spend nearly $3 billion to buy the Kate Spade clothing and handbag label and the Stuart Weitzman shoe brand.
But sales have been dropping this year: Same-store sales for Kate Spade plunged 9% in the first quarter because of a huge drop in online revenue.
source: CNN
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