Kate Spade Study

Kate the Great by Meg Cabot reveals that people are not always the way they seem.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri on December 24, 1962 was accessories designer Kate Spade. Spade studied at Notre Dame de Sion and St. Teresa’s Academy for her primary education. As for secondary education, Spade started at the University of Kansas and then switched to Arizona State University. She graduated from college with a journalism major. Kate then went on to work at department stores before creating her own timeless accessories. When working at Mademoiselle’s in Manhattan in 1986, Kate was introduced to Andy Spade who would soon become her business partner and husband. Their business began booming once the duo utilized both of their individual skills. Kate would design and Andy would assist her with the business side. In 1993, Kate launched

As China is the fastest growing luxury fashion customer base, it in imperative that they are catered for in the Net-a-Porter handbag buy. Lack of exclusivity in the handbag offering. While exclusivity is strong across Net-a-porter as a whole, the handbag edit does not have many exclusive styles. Almost all everything can be found on the Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Harrods or My Wardrobe websites. In particular the Selfridges website has over 45 exclusive handbag styles online, from a variety of brands which include Mulberry, Alexander Wang and Anya Hindmarch. To combat this Net-a porter should negotiate world exclusivity on a number of ‘it bags’ for next season, either by having early delivery to ensure a week or two of exclusivity or by commissioning an exclusive colour option in the most popular styles. At present Net-a-porter has no representation for Celine handbags, which has become the most covetable handbag brand across the high fashion world and accounts for a considerable percentage of handbag sales in London department stores. As they grow from strength to strength it would be advisable for Net-a-porter to try and include Celine in their edit.

Gladwell begins by discussing the incomprehensible recovery of then-terminally-uncool Hush Puppies shoes amongst a few of hipsters in Manhattan’s cutting-edge regions in the 1990s, a development which soon extended across the United States and lead to exponential increases in the company’s sales. Using this sensation as an introduction to the book’s methodical theme, the author states that he will recognize, dissect and give details on the mechanisms by which certain trends occur, while others fail.

In the late 1800’s, David McConnell, a door-to-door book salesman, had an idea he believed would encourage women to buy his books (Retrieved from Avon Products, Inc. http://www.dsef.org.wp-contents/uploads/2012/01/Avon_Products.pdf ) If he could practice the law of common trade by giving customers a perfume to arouse their interest, he could achieve more sales and become more profitable. Before long, he discovered that perfume was more popular than books and formed a new firm in which he called The California Perfume Company. Little did he know that his small, local business that was ran out of his home would one day become a multi-billion dollar company later named Avon.

One of my favorite designers is Kate Spade. Kate Spade was born on December 24, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. Spade graduated from Arizona State University in 1986 and then went on to New York City. When she was in New York, she worked for a magazine called Mademoiselle. After five years of working for this magazine, she earned the title of senior fashion editor and head of accessories. Shortly after receiving this title, she left the company to create her own line. In 1993, Kate launched her own line of handbags that turned out to be very successful. After she met her husband, Andy Spade, they went into business together and their business together was even more of a success. The company grew from just handbags to a wide variety of items

Isabella Escamilla Mr. Waters Business 30 July 2014     Biographical Research Paper One of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs is the famous fashion designer Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren was born on October 14, 1939, in the Bronx, New York ("Ralph Lauren, Fashion Designer"). Ralph Lauren grew up in a middle class, Jewish household, and although he is known as Ralph Lauren, his real name is, in fact, Ralph Lifshitz. Ralph Lauren changed his last name, after constantly being teased as a child.

“Playing dress up begins at age five and never truly ends” was once said by a famous designer, Kate Spade. Kate Spade is the co-creator of the handbag brand Kate Spade, she is a self-empowering woman with a mind of her own, somewhat like myself. I am very goal oriented and believe that if your dreams do not scare you then they are not big enough. I have a main goal of owning and running a fashion boutique of my own. A large interest of mine, like any other typical girl, is clothes. However, unlike other typical girls I take my interest whole heartedly by turning an interest into a successful career.

For a supermodel like Kate Moss, the world of makeup certainly already mastered. Kate Moss has even become a brand ambassador for cosmetic products the origin of the United Kingdom over the past 15 years. It's not foreign for him tinker with the makeup brush.

Thirty-four years ago in the Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, Patricia Miller and Barbara Bradley noticed that the majority of people had the same simple and boring luggage design. These two friends saw the opportunity to pursue a new market that offers colorful and patterned baggage designs, and that is how Vera Bradley began. Vera Bradley started producing colorful and unique pattered designs for luggage, bags, sports bags and handbags; and after the success of the first product line and their economic growth, they

A designer in Texas is completely revolutionizing the fashion industry by changing old cowboy boots into cowgirl chic items. After a pair of boots are no longer wearable, the designer gives them new life by turning them into Boot Purses.

The great-great-grandson of Thierry Hermès, Jean-Louis Dumas took over as the new head of the business in 1951. One day, he was in a plane to London from Paris with Jane Mallory Birkin an British actress sitting next to him. Suddenly her bag felt down and the all of the things came out from the bag. Dumas said that she needs a new one with the pocket and Birkin started to complain that she could not find a well-sized bag because she knew that Kelly bag is too small and it could not place all of her stuff in it. From that moment Dumas invited Jane Birkin to make a design of her bag. In 1984 the Birkin bag was born to the world. He made a black leather Birkin bag for Jane Birkin based on the Hermès design in

Polo Ralph Lauren is one of the most internationally recognized brands in today’s Fashion industry. Polo is just one of the over 20 lines that Ralph Lauren [originally Ralph Lifshitz] has created. Ralph was always a very outspoken individual and was never one to shy away from speaking his mind and taking chances on his fashion senses. It was this type of boldness that paved the way for his creating of his very own brand, while working at Brook Brothers developing neck ties. (Biography.com Editors, 2016). His first handmade ties sold were known as “handsome” ties, he sold these ties under the name brand “Polo” in 1967 [inspired for his love of sports] for around $7- $10 each (Drummond, 2015). Two years after creating his new brand and winning

Kate Phelan, who is a creative director of the Topshop brand recalled of the moment during the run up of a store opening in Las Vegas where he visited. Quoted in an online BBC article she said ‘He walked into the store and was picking up the rails and moving them around and saying 'I want this here ' and 'we need more dresses up front ' - physically pulling the rails and the stock around. It shows incredible passion and an incredible astuteness - and he was right.’

Vashtie’s approach incorporates a core sensibility that marries the cosmopolitan to an unhinged street aesthetic, which is why Time Out New York once named her “Most Stylish New Yorker.” She challenges the boundaries of gender, beauty, and individuality embodied by the aesthetic of her brand Violette. Violette is carried in select boutiques, including Colette in Paris. The distinctive flair found in her designs for Violette has served as a platform for partnerships with brands. In 2010, Vashtie became the first woman to design