{"id":121962,"date":"2018-06-08T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=121962"},"modified":"2018-06-13T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:21:27","slug":"how-kate-spade-changed-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/how-kate-spade-changed-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Never Forget How Kate Spade Changed Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fashion industry was shaken when designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/06\/05\/us\/kate-spade-dead\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Spade<\/a> was found dead from an apparent suicide on June 5. Her women&#8217;s lifestyle brand,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katespade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Spade New York<\/a>, which featured everything from handbags and clothing to jewelry and stationery,\u00a0was more than just a collection of cheerfully bright-colored accessories &#8212; it paved the way for affordable luxury goods.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of her legacy, we remember how the designer left her mark on the fashion world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessible luxury<\/strong><br \/>\nWith handbags priced between $200 to $400, Kate Spade New York was one of the first to make luxury items affordable and accessible. Spade stuck with classic designs that were never\u00a0<em>too<\/em> trendy to ensure it&#8217;d never go out of style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intended to make you smile<\/strong><br \/>\nAnyone who&#8217;s walked into a Kate Spade New York store knows what we mean. Her bright and bold colors are intended to leave you feeling good inside and out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Made for women by women<\/strong><br \/>\nAs one of the first fashion-accessory-turned-lifestyle brands, Spade designed each piece for the modern working woman (think office-friendly designs!).<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n<p>If you or anyone you know is struggling with depression, please refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a>: 1-800-273-8255.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"The fashion industry was shaken when designer Kate Spade was found dead from an apparent ...","author":1427020,"featured_media":121976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,185],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/08152933\/shutterstock_498798364.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/08152933\/shutterstock_498798364-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"June 8, 2018","category_name":"News","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113842\/news.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#25bc32","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1427020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}