American - Designer | December 24, 1962 -
My mother was very good at encouraging me to dress however I wanted to dress. My sisters would sometimes think, 'Oh my God, you let her buy that fuzzy leopard coat at that vintage store?' I thought, of course, I looked like Audrey Hepburn.
Kate Spade
GoodMotherGodDressMeVintage
I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.
MotherAgeMeVintagePinkSwing
I find color optimistic and enthusiastic, and I adore it.
ColorFindEnthusiasticAdore
I do things that I actually love and understand.
LoveUnderstandThingsActually
I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.'
ElephantSmokingLadyTopHereNote
I hope that people remember me not just as a good businesswoman but as a great friend - and a heck of a lot of fun.
GoodFriendHopeGreatFunPeople
I think the details and the quality are so important that it has to have an emotional tug. Even if it's the simplest shoe, it has to have something that says, 'Oh, I have to have you.'
QualityThinkDetailsYouShoeEven
The idea of recklessly spending money - even though it sounds like it's lots of fun, it's fashion - isn't interesting to me. It is a business.
BusinessMoneyFunMeFashionIdea
I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer.
LoveStandEverythingLightingLamps
People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD. I love order and organization. I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks, and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list. Now that's OCD.
LovePeopleOrganizationStartNew
Everyone loves to get a letter. I love sending them. I love getting them.
LoveEveryoneGetThemLetterLoves
If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.
LifeWorkBusinessYouWillFair
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