Who?
Kate Spade, one of the first of a powerful wave of female American contemporary designers in the 1990s, built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made women smile. Her cheerful non-restraint struck a chord with consumers, as did her bright prints. She herself was the embodiment of her aesthetic, with her proto-1960s bouffant, nerd glasses, and kooky grin, which masked a business mind that saw the opportunities in becoming a lifestyle brand, almost before the term officially existed.
So, so sad. I am not a fashion label acquirer, but I have inadvertently purchased some of her designs just because they were they best among choices. In fact, my latest sunglasses are Kate Spade and I love them. So sorry to know that whatever demons she faced, she could not overcome them. Peace.
She was a Jeopardy question just last night, maybe that completed her bucket list.
Actually, my sympathy to anyone so desperate they are driven to attempt or succeed at suicide. As is so often the case, fame and fortune are no antidotes to may of life’s issues.
Certainly Trump can manage to tweet something monumentally insensitive and out of touch about this.
I think Robin Williams killed himself in a similar manner as did a woman named L’Wren Scott, also a designer whose business was failing and she was in debt. She was also Mick Jagger’s girlfriend. Everyone’s left a little more diminished when someone we know takes his or her own life.
She actually designed original, functional products, as opposed to a certain silicone-infused complicit automaton who spends her time ripping off other designers, is married to a needledicked traitor, and who is also a daughter of the POTUS.
And as Steviedee said, I am also sure Trump will find a way to defame Ms. Spade’s memory by using her to pump up his own ego and political agenda.
Already handled here by @georgeh…
(Sorry, I usually expect better from this crowd.)
Conversely, we all know someone we’d like to hear stepped in front of a city bus.
I read somewhere else that she was found with a red scarf attached to a doorknob. How does a person hang herself from a doorknob? Don’t you have to fall from a certain height, even standing on a chair?
Better would be for the crowd to all say “Who?” and not consider that at the very least she leaves family including a daughter in horrific emotional pain regardless of what her career was?
@navamske We’ve been talking about it at home and it might have been strangulation, slow and so painful.
David Spade’s sister-in-law.
Now there’s someone that could stand losing a wrestling match with a pants belt.
Don’t be rude
My best friend killed himself by hanging right after he started college when I was 17. I am now 66 and I remember hearing about it like it was yesterday. Suicide is a national health crisis on the order of heart disease.
I believe that Robin Williams committed suicide the same way.
How awful – how long had she struggled with these demons? I find some of the comments on this thread to be disappointing to say the least. If your life has not been touched in any way by suicide, then perhaps you think it’s an occasion for snark. If it has, you know it’s not. I would have thought this crowd didn’t need direct experience to practice empathy. She was a very good designer.
Hanging usually accomplishes expiration by strangulation rather than breaking one’s neck, particularly in suicides. It takes a drop from a relatively high point to reliably break a neck, which is why in the past elevated platforms were used — and even then it wasn’t always a sure thing.
Hanging by doorknob is accomplished by leaning away and cutting off air flow until you pass out, at which point gravity takes over and finishes the job. It is my understanding that it is not uncommon, as far as suicides go, and that it was the method used by Robin Williams and Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, among others.
Apologies for the morbidity.
She designed beautiful bags and shoes in bright colors that made people happy. I’m sad she’s gone, and sad she took her own life.