IN THE BAG
A decade after leaving fashion, the husband-and-wife team behind Kate Spade is back.
by Kim Lightbody
Aug 08, 2016
2 minutes
No one knows the benefits and perils of turning your name into a brand better than Kate Spade. The designer’s eponymous line of bright handbags and shoes dominated fashion in the late ’90s and early aughts, and remains prominent today. But when your brand no longer belongs to you—Kate and her husband, Andy, sold their stake in 2006 for almost $60 million—how do you launch a new company? You
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