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Kate Spade, fashion designer, found dead at 55 Kate Spade: Fashion designer found dead at 55
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Fashion designer Kate Spade, 55, has been found dead in her New York apartment. Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in her New York apartment.
She is said to have taken her own life, US media report. Police are investigating her death as an apparent suicide.
Details are unclear, but CBS News report that she was found by her housekeeper. The 55 year old was found dead in her Park Avenue apartment at 10:20 local time (15:20 BST) by her housekeeper, a law enforcement official said.
The designer co-founded Kate Spade Handbags in the 1990s, which she sold in 2007. Kate Spade was well known as a designer of clothes, shoes, and jewellery, but was best known for her accessory line. She co-founded Kate Spade Handbags in 1993 with husband Andy Spade.
The company opened its first store in New York in 1996, and now has more than 300 branches worldwide.
It is recognisable for its distinctive logo which features the spades playing card symbol, in reference to the designer's surname.
The company's bright and colourful patterned designs became a trademark of its products.
Kate Spade sold her namesake brand in 2007.
It was bought last year by New York rival designer Coach in a deal worth $2.4bn (£1.8bn).
The couple then set up another design venture, Frances Valentine, named after their daughter.
Kate Spade was born Katherine Brosnahan in 1962.