Spade, Kate

found: Manners, 2004:CIP t.p. (Kate Spade) data sheet (designer; modern icon of gracious living and worldwide brand)

found: New York times WWW site, viewed June 5, 2018(Kate Spade; b. Katherine Brosnahan, Dec. 1962, Kansas City, Mo.; m. Andy Spade; found dead Tuesday [June 5, 2018], in her Park Avenue apartment, aged 55; created an accessories empire; her handbags became a status symbol and a token of sophisticated adulthood for American women; launched a new venture, an accessories label called Frances Valentine, in 2016; she was so committed to the project that she told interviewers she had changed her surname from Spade to Valentine); viewed June 6, 2018 (b. Katherine Noel Brosnahan, Dec. 24, 1962; m. Andy Spade, 1994; she and her husband worked together on a series of books issued in 2004 as guides to "Style," "Manners," and "Occasions")