![]() So much talent, you’d think she had it all. Her new brand ‘Frances Valentine’ is one of my favorites. Kate Spade was so talented, I’m really shocked. She was designing under Frances Valentine. I loved Kate Spade, may she rest in peace. ![]() She started a new business called Francis valentine and changed her name to Katherine Noel Frances Valentine Brosnahan Spade. Kate and Andy spade sold their business to Neumann Marcus In 2007 but NM sold it to tapestry later. Which is beautiful and devastating all at the same time. The site wont load because many other people clearly had the same idea. Trying to buy a Frances Valentine wallet to mark this day. Kate Spade suicide: Fashion designer leaves suicide note, ‘Don’t blame yourself’ Kate Spade sister: She was obsessed with Robin Williams suicide Spade is survived by her husband Andre and their 13-year-old daughter Frances. Page Six reportedthat Kate Spade was agonized in the end over relationship problems, but wasn’t more specific.Īt the time of her death, Spade’s net worth was estimated ataround $200 million. Eventually, it became a fashion powerhouse and Kate’s name became well-known. Together, they launched Kate Spade Handbags in 1993,’ and the company soon expanded into other areas, like stationary and eyewear. And then Valentine was my mom’s dad’s middle name because he was born on Valentine’s Day.’Īccording to TMZ, ‘She and Andy met while attending Arizona State University and working at a clothing store. My grandfather, father, brother and my daughter’s name is Frances. The designer told WWD at the time of the line’s name, ‘Frances is a longtime family name on my dad’s side. ubEBPKtdKLįrances Valentine a new identity to cover old wounds?įrances Valentine was a new attempt at designing under her own name having long relinquished her name, identity and even legally changing her name to Katherine Noel Frances Valentine Brosnahan.īy 2016, Spade launched her new fashion line, Frances Valentine, even changing her last name to Valentine to match the brand. If she only knew how much of her brightness has touched people’s lives. ![]() Her brand and vision for both Kate Spade and Frances Valentine was always so happy, colorful, and cheerful and it’s heartbreaking that behind all of that was a woman who was battling a lot of her own demons. TMZ reportedthe note reading: ‘“This has nothing to do with you,’Īdding, ‘This has nothing to do with you,’ Tellingly a suicide note found also pointed to family discord. And then I realized she was becoming 12 and didn’t want me around so much, so I thought I would get back into the business.’ Kate Spade suicide note: So we sold Kate Spade and I personally, I don’t know about Andy, I took off a good nine years raising my daughter and absolutely adored every moment of it. ![]() The late Frances Valentine designer also talked about taking time off from work after welcoming the pair’s daughter, Frances, now 13: ‘When the two of us sold the company with our other two partners to Neiman Marcus, it was kind of a time for us to take a break. The couple married in 1994, one year after launching Kate Spade New York together. In the interim, the recently launched Frances Valentine line continued to languish. Sums of money that the Spades had long forfeited. Come 2017, fashion behemoth, Coach paid an astonishing $2.4 billion to acquire the Kate Spade line from Clairborne. ![]()
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