Designer Flashback: Kate Spade New York

Kate Spade: It All Started With a Handbag(Source: Imax Tree)Twenty years ago, former Mademoiselle accessories editor Kate Spade launched a line of boxy nylon handbags. Since then, the brand has gone on to boast nearly $1 billion in sales, but not from purses alone. The same colorful, feminine and '60s-obsessed aesthetic that charmed shoppers in the ‘90s now decorates flower-laden accessories, gold-tone jewelry and Holly Golightly-like attire. When it comes to clothes, Kate Spade New York is all about the flounce: rain or shine, summer or winter, devotees flock to the brand for cheerful, citrus and sunset-colored wares, whether as Technicolor circle skirts or winter-ready wool coats. Just take a peek at the past few seasons:

New York Fall 2014
Kate Spade: It All Started With a Handbag
New York Spring 2014

Kate Spade: It All Started With a Handbag
New York Fall 2013

Kate Spade: It All Started With a Handbag
New York Spring 2013

Kate Spade: It All Started With a Handbag
New York Fall 2012
Kate Spade: It All Started With a Handbag
(Source: ImaxTree)
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